Differential entrainment of electroencephalographic activity by weak complex electromagnetic fields.
The hypothesis was tested that compensatory susceptibility to electroencephalographic driving and entrainment by weak (1 microT) time-varying, externally applied complex magnetic fields would occur in normal subjects following successive stimulation by different patterns. 43% of the volunteers showed evidence of driving during the application of the complex magnetic fields and indications of resonance (entrainment) during the first 10 sec. following the cessation of the fields. The volunteers who exhibited driving and entrainment could be discriminated from those who did not by their more frequent reported experiences of fear and odd tastes during the stimulation. They were also more likely to have a preexposure history of a sense of presence and to experience intense meaningfulness when reading or writing prose or poetry.
Persinger
M A
MA
Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Richards
P M
PM
Koren
S A
SA
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011932:Reading; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology; D014956:Writing