tag > NeuroScience
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Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time - NIH study suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memories.
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Discovering the Brain’s Nightly “Rinse Cycle” - by Dr. Francis Collins
Getting plenty of deep, restful sleep is essential for our physical and mental health. Now comes word of yet another way that sleep is good for us: it triggers rhythmic waves of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that appear to function much like a washing machine’s rinse cycle, which may help to clear the brain of toxic waste on a regular basis. The video above uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to take you inside a person’s brain to see this newly discovered rinse cycle in action. First, you see a wave of blood flow (red, yellow) that’s closely tied to an underlying slow-wave of electrical activity (not visible). As the blood recedes, CSF (blue) increases and then drops back again. Then, the cycle—lasting about 20 seconds—starts over again.
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Book: Battle for the Mind - by W.Sargant "What would have happened if they [new methods of physical and chemical psychiatric treatments] had been available for the last five hundred years?... John Wesley who had years of depressive torment before accepting the idea of salvation by faith rather than good works, might have avoided this, and simply gone back to help his father as curate of Epworth following treatment. Wilberforce, too, might have gone back to being a man about town, and avoided his long fight to abolish slavery and his addiction to laudanum. Loyola and St Francis might also have continued with their military careers. Perhaps, even earlier, Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern [psychiatric] treatments." - William Sargant (1907 - 1988)
Related: Over the Edge - by Mike Jay
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Redefining Neuroweapons: Emerging Capabilities In Neuroscience And Neurotechnology - Analysis - by Joseph DeFranco, Diane DiEuliis, and James Giordano
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Memory Function and Cell Phone Microwave Exposure in Youngsters - by James C. Lin, University of Illinois at Chicago (2018, IEEE Microwave Magazine) (Unpaywalled)
"Reported results may lead to the conclusion that RF/microwave radiation emitted from GSM cell phones does not produce acute effects on an adolescent’s cognitive or memory function. But available data suggest that significant decreases in figural memory were found to be consistently associated with cumulative exposure of the brain of adolescents to 1,000–4,000 mJ/kg per day over one year. Therefore, a cautious approach to risk management, especially in relation to children and adolescents, is warranted."
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RadioBio and Other Recent U.S. Bioelectromagnetics Research Programs - by James C. Lin, University of Illinois at Chicago (2018)
Abstract: The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a request for proposal (RFP) in spring 2017 by announcing its new research initiative: "RadioBio: What Role Does Electromagnetic Signaling Have in Biological Systems?"
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Synthetic Telepathy: The Microwave Auditory Effect
The microwave auditory effect, also known as the Frey effect, consists of the human perception of audible clicks, or even speech, induced by pulsed or modulated radio frequencies. The communications are generated directly inside the human head without the need of any receiving electronic device. The effect was first reported by persons working in the vicinity of radar transponders during World War II. In 1961, the American neuroscientist Allan H. Frey studied this phenomenon and was the first to publish information its nature.
Research
Research Origin: Human auditory system response to Modulated electromagnetic energy - Allan.H.Frey (1961) (unpaywalled)
In his experiments, the subjects were discovered to be able to hear appropriately pulsed microwave radiation, from a distance of a few inches to hundreds of feet from the transmitter. In Frey's tests, a repetition rate of 50 Hz was used, with pulse width between 10–70 microseconds. According to Frey, the induced sounds were described as "a buzz, clicking, hiss, or knocking, depending on several transmitter parameters, i.e., pulse width and pulse-repetition rate.
Research Evolution: From the book "Military Neuroscience and the Coming Age of Neurowarfare" - by Armin Krishnan (2017):
"In 1975, an article by neuropsychologist Don Justesen discussing radiation effects on human perceptions referred to an experiment by Joseph C. Sharp and Mark Grove at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research during which Sharp and Grove reportedly were able to recognize nine out of ten words transmitted by "voice modulated microwaves". Since the radiation levels approached the (then current) 10 mW/cm² limit of safe exposure, critics have observed that under such conditions brain damage from thermal effects of high power microwave radiation would occur, and there was 'no conclusive evidence for MAE at lower energy densities'".
Research Application: Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers - NYtimes (2018)
"Doctors and scientists say microwave strikes may have caused sonic delusions and very real brain damage among embassy staff and family members."
Research Foundation: Microwave Auditory Effects And Applications - Book by James C. Lin, PhD (1978) (PDF)
"The purpose of the book is to bring a body of research literature, scattered in a large number of journals and reports, into some compact form for the convenience of students and researchers. It will deal with selected experimental and theoretical topics in an interdisciplinary field which is 'undergoing explosive growth." - James C.Lin (1978)
Research Today: Mostly classified. The following from an independent researcher: Microwave Auditory Effect And Its Aplication - Research Project by Makoto Koike (2019)
Project Goal: "Microwave auditory effect refers to the phenomenon that pulse-modulated microwave induces auditory perception. The head acts as an acoustic transducer to convert the microwave into a theremoelastic wave, thereby invoking bone conduction. I am exploring the application of the microwave auditory effect onto a novel telecommunication system as well as a conspiracy theory that the novel telecommunication induces psychosis with symptoms of hallucination and delusion."
Review of microwave auditory effect: rediscovery of radiofrequency hearing phenomenon. - by Makoto Koike (2016, JP only) (PDF)
The Myth concerning Not Hearing Microwave - Presentation by Makoto Koike (2019, The 99th CSJ Annual Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan)
Research Patents
These patents by the U.S. Air Force, suggest that wireless, receiver-less communication (based on the Microwave Auditory Effect) could be used in military communication today:
- Method and device for implementing the radio frequency hearing effect https://patents.google.com/patent/US6470214B1/en
- Apparatus for audibly communicating speech using the radio frequency hearing effect https://patents.google.com/patent/US6587729B2/en
Related Research
- Microwave Auditory Effect Research Paper Search on Semanticscholar
- Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems - Book by by James C. Lin (1994)
- Exposure to RF electromagnetic energy decreases aggressive behavior - by Allan H. Frey PhD & Jack Spector (1986)
- Holographic Assessment of Microwave Hearing - by Allan H. Frey PhD & E.Coren (1979)
- Auditory response to pulsed radiofrequency energy - by Elder & Chou (2003)
- Hearing of microwave pulses by humans and animals: effects, mechanism, and thresholds - by Lin & Wang (2007)
- Generalized model of the microwave auditory effect. - by Yitzhak, Ruppin, Hareuveny (2009)
- From Psyops to Neurowar: What Are the Dangers? - by Armin Krishnan (2014) (PDF)
- Neuroweapons: New Type of Non-Lethal Weapons Raises Troubling Ethical Questions - by Armin Krishnan
Conspiracy Theories
- Synthetic Telepathy And The Early Mind Wars - By Richard Alan Miller (2001) (PDF)
- The State of Unclassified and Commercial Technology - by Eleanor White (2000)
#BCI #NeuroScience #RadioBio #Biology #Cryptocracy #Book #Military
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The Psychology of Willpower: Training the Brain for Better Decisions
In 2011, 27% of the respondents of the Stress in America survey reported a lack of willpower as the greatest obstacle to change. We rely on willpower to exercise, diet, save money, quit smoking, stop drinking, overcome procrastination, and ultimately accomplish any of our goals. It impacts every area of our lives. Willpower is not a new concept, but we still do not have widespread awareness as to how to nurture it. Mahatma Gandhi described willpower by noting that “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. Many people have an intuitive sense of what this willpower is but lack the scientific knowledge to understand the forces that undermine it. How can we work with willpower instead of against its stubborn nature? They say knowledge is power, and in this case, knowledge is willpower.
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Controlling attention with brain waves (MIT)
"Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves. In a new study, the researchers found that people can enhance their attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves based on neurofeedback they receive as they perform a particular task."
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"In psychology, a mental state in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli, or stimuli that are painful or otherwise unpleasant, becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent encounters with those stimuli, even if they are “escapable,” presumably because it has learned that it cannot control the situation. Developed by American psychologist Martin Seligman starting in 1967."
#RTM #NeuroScience #Military #Media #Health #Therapy #Experience #Ethics
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Contemporary Art: Collection of Reality Tunnel Management Techniques
Links:
- https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2018/apr/18/fusion-center-em/
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US7629918
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5507291A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5159703A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6506148B2/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US3951134A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5017143A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6052336A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5539705A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US7629918B2/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6488617B1/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6239705B1/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6091994A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6238333B1/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US4877027A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US3837331/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US8311616/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US7350522/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US4940058A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5800481A/en
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Delgado
“The secrecy involved in the development of the electromagnetic mind-altering technology reflects the tremendous power that is inherent in it. To put it bluntly, whoever controls this technology can control the minds of men – all men.” - Nexus Magazine (1998)
Or as described by Timothy Leary in 1977:
“Reality is the temporary resultant of continuous struggles between rival gangs of programmers. Those who control signals control humanity.” - Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising (1983)
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Integrating psychology principles to design a multi-sensory cognitive and performative challenge - by Alexandra Yagilowich
On Designing Interactive Performative Space with Responsive Computational System - by Qiuyan Da
Constructing Liveliness: The Experience of Nature Embodiment in Kinetic Architecture - by Dalia Todary-Michael
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What is Information? - Interview with Peter Tse
More talks by Peter Tse:
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Biophoton are photons of light in the ultraviolet and low visible light range that are produced by a biological system (wikipedia).
The International Institute of Life Energy (IILE) is an organization that stands for holistic and sustainable research and strategies for a vital environment.
Meluna Research - Providing Biophoton Research Strategies, Measurement and Applications
Are We Communicating Using Invisible Light? Biophotons and DNA (Part 2)
Biophoton theory: German scientists discover light shatters cancerous cells & other diseases. Biophoton theory postulates that within the nuclei of DNA molecules in cells of every living thing, biophotonic light is stored.
"We are still on the threshold of fully understanding the complex relationship between light and life, but we can now say emphatically, that the function of our entire metabolism is dependent on light." ~ Dr. Fritz-Albert Popp
Biophoton Manipulation: Scientific Explanation of Energy Manipulation
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Psychological effects of Plasma (wikipedia)
"Research indicates that magnetic fields created by plasma during a thunderstorm can induce hallucination in the human mind. A declassified Ministry of Defense report states that it is "medically proven" that magnetic fields related to plasma cause hallucinations and that "the close proximity of plasma-related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person". The report also indicated that scientists in the former Soviet Union are pursuing related technology for military purposes."
Magnetically Induced Hallucinations Explain Ball Lightning, Say Physicists. (MIT tech review): "Powerful magnetic fields can induce hallucinations in the lab, so why not in the real world, too?" #Science #RadioBio #NeuroScience #Biology #Military
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Cognitive Bias Codex
Wikipedia: "A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own 'subjective social reality' from their perception of the input. An individual's construction of social reality, not the objective input, may dictate their behavior in the social world. Thus, cognitive biases may sometimes lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, illogical interpretation, or what is broadly called irrationality."
#Comment: Why do scientists tend to describe cognitive bias as if they were a terrible pathological condition? Why do they casually dismiss their crucial role for serendipity, creativity and joy? One beings "perceptional distortion" or "illogical, subjective reality" is another's unique evolutionary path. Narrowly defining and enforcing normal is a job for dictators. Wisely negotiating the politics of experience requires simplicity, compassion and patience - not reason, norms, metrics, objectives and force.
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New research from Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research: "Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state": https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/193993/ayahuasca-compound-changes-brainwaves-vivid-wakingdream/
"A total of 13 participants were given an intravenous infusion of DMT. DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain’s electrical activity."
#Comment: The comedy show which is psychedelic science continues. Ever since Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris fell in love with Friston and they are seriously trying to explain subjective experience of highly isolated agent brains with probabilistic (machine learning) models, things are rapidly becoming full Monty Python. Their approaches rely so heavily on myriads of highly arbitrary reductionist choices, it would make any renaissance alchemists giggle. Even DARPA is taking a much more interesting approach at this point and people like Dr. Michael Persinger must be laughing from their graves. I suppose let them dive down the fractal of knowledge in search of some illusive "final hard truth". If mathematicians and neuroscientists would only accept that the thing-in-itself is infinite (not a bug, but its essence) - and that there is everything in infinity (incl. nothing) - their entire house of cards would collapse. The only thing left to-do at that point, is to live a simple, humble and compassionate life.
