title: Electromagnetic fields as structure-function zeitgebers in biological systems: environmental orchestrations of morphogenesis and consciousness.
abstract: Within a cell system structure dictates function. Any interaction between cells, or a cell and its environment, has the potential to have long term implications on the function of a given cell and emerging cell aggregates. The structure and function of cells are continuously subjected to modification by electrical and chemical stimuli. However, biological systems are also subjected to an ever-present influence: the electromagnetic (EM) environment. Biological systems have the potential to be influenced by subtle energies which are exchanged at atomic and subatomic scales as EM phenomena. These energy exchanges have the potential to manifest at higher orders of discourse and affect the output (behavior) of a biological system. Here we describe theoretical and experimental evidence of EM influence on cells and the integration of whole systems. Even weak interactions between EM energies and biological systems display the potential to affect a developing system. We suggest the growing literature of EM effects on biological systems has significant implications to the cell and its functional aggregates.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Neuroscience Program, Laurentian University Sudbury, ON, Canada ; Department of Psychology, Laurentian University Sudbury, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rouleau
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Neuroscience Program, Laurentian University Sudbury, ON, Canada ; Department of Psychology, Laurentian University Sudbury, ON, Canada ; Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Laurentian University Sudbury, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Blake T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Dotta
keywords: cell aggregation; consciousness; electromagnetic fields; environmental influences; structure-function