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Event-related electroencephalographic correlations between isolated human subjects
1Consciousness Research Laboratory, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA. DeanRadin@noetic.org
Summary
Electroencephalograms (EEG) revealed correlated brain responses between distant, isolated individuals. This suggests an unknown energetic or informational interaction may link human brains.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychophysiology
- Parapsychology
Background:
- Investigating potential non-local correlations in human brain activity.
- Exploring the possibility of inter-brain communication beyond known sensory channels.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine electroencephalograms (EEG) in pairs of people to determine if event-related potentials (ERPs) in one brain correlate with concurrent responses in a distant, isolated person's brain.
- To assess the statistical significance of observed correlations in simultaneous EEG recordings.
Main Methods:
- Simultaneous EEG recording from 13 pairs of volunteers (friends, mother-daughter).
- One participant was in a shielded room, while the other was stimulated by the first's live video feed.
- Analysis focused on event-related potentials around stimulus onset/offset, using nonparametric bootstrap methods for significance.
Main Results:
- Experimental conditions yielded a significant correlation (r = 0.20, p = 0.0005), unlike control tests (r = -0.03, p = 0.61).
- Three pairs showed independently significant correlations.
- Stronger event-related potentials in stimulated subjects corresponded to larger responses in non-stimulated subjects (p = 0.0008).
Conclusions:
- EEG in sensorially isolated subjects can correlate with event-related potentials in a distant person's EEG under specific conditions.
- Findings suggest the presence of an unknown energetic or informational interaction between individuals.
- Further research is warranted to understand the mechanisms underlying these observed correlations.