Elevations of complex partial epileptic-like experiences during increased geomagnetic activity for women reporting "premenstrual syndrome".
Responses to the frequency of complex partial epileptic-like experiences were recorded every second day by 12 women for at least two months per individual. Five (41%) of the women displayed significant increases (effect sizes between 6% and 17%) in the numbers of these experiences when the daily geomagnetic activity exceeded 40 nT. The results were consistent with the hypothesis that a spectrum of experiences and behaviours, associated with limbic lability, can be enhanced by environmental stimuli correlated with perturbations of the geomagnetic field.
Renton
C M
CM
Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Persinger
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D015897:Comorbidity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology; D008280:Magnetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires