geomagnetic activity & dreams
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Geomagnetic Activity & Dreams. Adrian Ryan. Geomagnetic Activity. All of these charts have a range of 25 nT. Negative Correlation. Makarec and Persinger, 1987 Persinger and Krippner, 1989 Krippner and Persinger, 1996 Radin, 2002. Positive Correlation. Radin, 1994 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geomagnetic Activity
&Dreams
Adrian Ryan
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Geomagnetic Activity
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All of these charts have a range of 25 nT
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ESP and Geomagnetic Activity:Literature Review
Negative Correlation Makarec and Persinger, 1987Persinger and Krippner, 1989Krippner and Persinger, 1996Radin, 2002
Positive Correlation Radin, 1994Persinger et al, 2002Booth et al, 2002
Little or No Correlation Nelson and Dunne, 1986Persinger, 1989
OVERALL N = 2,879, rs = -0.03, p = 0.06(Spottiswoode, 1997)
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ESP and Geomagnetic Activity: Literature Review
Local Sidereal Time Spottiswoode, 1997
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Band 1 pulsation - enhances ESP?
Band 3 pulsation - inhibits ESP?
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Melatonin
DMT?
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Generation of Artificial Pulsations (Subrahmanyam et al, 1985)
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Map of SAMNET Observatories
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Lipnicki, 2009
1990-1997: 2,387 dreams
2 consecutive days of:• Low GMA (N = 69) • High GMA (N = 85)
Low GMA dreams were more bizarre than high GMA dreams (U = 2195.5, p = 0.006)
1912-2001: 18,212 dreams
2 consecutive days of:• Low GMA (N = 454) • High GMA (N = 1,400)
Low GMA dreams were longer than high GMA dreams (t = -1.91, p = 0.03)
www.dreambank.net
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Dream Report Length vs Global Geomagnetic Activity
Negative Correlation
Detlev von Uslar N = 6,073, r = -0.06, p = 0.000002Norman N = 1,235, r = -0.07, p = 0.01
Positive Correlation
Emma N = 1,165, r = 0.06, p = 0.04Melora N = 209, r = 0.16, p = 0.02
Little or No Correlation
9 other dreamers N = 9,530, r = 0.01, n.s.
OVERALL N = 18,212, r = -0.02 p = 0.005
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www.dreambank.net:Length of Dream Report by Month
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Barbara, from London
• 1999-2007: 2,103 dreams
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Hypothesis 1: Band 3 Pulsations“Band 3 geomagnetic pulsations will correlate negatively with dream report length.”
- Test by checking local geomagnetic measurements...
RESULT: r = 0.02, n.s.
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Hypothesis 2: Band 1 Pulsations“Band 1 geomagnetic pulsations will correlate positively with dream report length.”
- Can’t test directly as too far from magnetometer, but can test indirectly by looking at seasonal profile...
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Seasonal profile of dream report length (top) is similar to band 1 profile (bottom), r = 0.47, p = 0.06.
Barbara from London:Length of Dream Report by Month
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Burned Up on DreamViews.comfrom Edinburgh
• 2007: 77 dreams
• RESULT: Band 3: rs = -0.21, p = 0.033
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Implications
• Support for ESP - Pulsation connection
• Enable study of other factors e.g., orientation
• Enable assessment of individual differences
• ESP and dreaming share common mental processes?
– “The waking dream” e.g., Foulkes & Fleisher, 1975
– Ed May: LST signature in mentation volume
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Implications
• Support for ESP - Pulsation connection
• Enable study of other factors e.g., orientation
• Enable assessment of individual differences
• ESP and dreaming share common mental processes?
– “The waking dream” e.g., Foulkes & Fleisher, 1975
– Ed May: LST signature in mentation volume