Author: Tanaka M 1,2//Yamamoto M 1//Kokubo H 1,2//Kokado Y 1,2////
Affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences [1]//The Institute for Future Technology [2]//Center for Informatics and Science, Nippon medical School [3]//Tokyo Metropolitan College [4]
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2002
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Volume ID: 20 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 78-84 , Word Count: 131
ECG analysis was done for a qi-receiver during Toh-ate (remote action; an ancient Japanese martial art) with double blind. Two practitioners were isolated in two rooms under the condition of cutting normal information transfer. One practitioner (sender) sent qi randomly once par trial of 80 seconds and the other (receiver) tried to perceive the qi; at the time he perceived it, he pushed a switch. Their sending times, receiving times and physiological data were recorded during the experiments. The receiver's ECG R-R intervals were measured, and their fluctuations before and after the sending times were analyzed. As a result, in a group of trials without the receiver's switch signals, the coefficient of variation of R-R intervals for 10 seconds after the sending times was larger by a statistically significant amount (1%) than before them.