Human physiological measurements under clairvoyant conditions

Author: Machi Y
Affiliation:
Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan
Conference/Journal: Japanese Mind-Body Science
Date published: 1996
Other: Volume ID: 5 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 27 , Word Count: 248


We took physiological measurements of a Chinese woman (28 years old) who could read characters and drawing inside a sealed envelop under special conditions. Generally, this is said to be clairvoyance. Also, we measured a Chinese boy (14 years old) who had almost the same ability, but a little bit weaker. The physiological measurements checked were as follows: EEG, ECG, blood pressure, galvanic skin response, respiration and temperature by thermography.
After starting the clairvoyance, the Chinese woman's heart beat initially decreased but increased several times abruptly in this period. Also, her blood pressure increased at the same time. When her heart beat went up, her EEG topography showed that activity of her EEG was low in the beta region. On the contrary, when her heart beat fell, the right side of her brain worked instantaneously. Of course, beta waves were found in the sight field of her right brain. So, the relation between her heart rate and EEG topography, as well as respiration, is discussed in this paper. From these experimental results, we understand that her respiration controls her brain activity and her autonomic nerve system, and in some case her parasympathetic nervous system. Also, from thermography experiments, the temperature went up on the right side of her forehead and that of the boy. This means that much blood goes to the right side of the head of both people. Therefore, it must be concluded that the activity of the right side of the brain is higher than the left.

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