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Investigating paranormal phenomena: Functional brain imaging of telepathy

AIM: “Telepathy” is defined as “the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognized channels of sense”. Meta-analyses of “ganzfield” studies as well as “card-guessing task” studies provide compelling evidence for the existence of telepathic phenomen...

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Autores principales: Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Jayakumar, Peruvumba N, Nagendra, Hongasandra R, Nagaraja, Dindagur, Deeptha, R, Gangadhar, Bangalore N
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.43543
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author Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan
Jayakumar, Peruvumba N
Nagendra, Hongasandra R
Nagaraja, Dindagur
Deeptha, R
Gangadhar, Bangalore N
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description AIM: “Telepathy” is defined as “the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognized channels of sense”. Meta-analyses of “ganzfield” studies as well as “card-guessing task” studies provide compelling evidence for the existence of telepathic phenomena. The aim of this study was to elucidate the neural basis of telepathy by examining an individual with this special ability. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using functional MRI, we examined a famous “mentalist” while he was performing a telepathic task in a 1.5 T scanner. A matched control subject without this special ability was also examined under similar conditions. RESULTS: The mentalist demonstrated significant activation of the right parahippocampal gyrus after successful performance of a telepathic task. The comparison subject, who did not show any telepathic ability, demonstrated significant activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study are suggestive of a limbic basis for telepathy and warrant further systematic research.
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spelling pubmed-31446132011-08-09 Investigating paranormal phenomena: Functional brain imaging of telepathy Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan Jayakumar, Peruvumba N Nagendra, Hongasandra R Nagaraja, Dindagur Deeptha, R Gangadhar, Bangalore N Int J Yoga Original Article AIM: “Telepathy” is defined as “the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognized channels of sense”. Meta-analyses of “ganzfield” studies as well as “card-guessing task” studies provide compelling evidence for the existence of telepathic phenomena. The aim of this study was to elucidate the neural basis of telepathy by examining an individual with this special ability. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using functional MRI, we examined a famous “mentalist” while he was performing a telepathic task in a 1.5 T scanner. A matched control subject without this special ability was also examined under similar conditions. RESULTS: The mentalist demonstrated significant activation of the right parahippocampal gyrus after successful performance of a telepathic task. The comparison subject, who did not show any telepathic ability, demonstrated significant activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study are suggestive of a limbic basis for telepathy and warrant further systematic research. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3144613/ /pubmed/21829287 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.43543 Text en © International Journal of Yoga http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan
Jayakumar, Peruvumba N
Nagendra, Hongasandra R
Nagaraja, Dindagur
Deeptha, R
Gangadhar, Bangalore N
Investigating paranormal phenomena: Functional brain imaging of telepathy
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title_short Investigating paranormal phenomena: Functional brain imaging of telepathy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.43543
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