--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], johnlasher20002000 > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > As I'm sure any of the psychologists on the list who have worked > with > > > > EEG biofeedback can attest, and I also have personal experience > with, > > > > a scalp electrode to provide brainwave feedback only measures a tiny > > > > electrical impulse. Any movement or even blinking the eyes will > > > > interfere with the accuracy of the reading. How can the TMO results > > > > showing maximum brainwave coherence (which is a Fourier Analysis of > > > > the outputs) while flying be possible. The movement would > destroy the > > > > data output??? > > > > > > > > > > **************** > > > > > > Probably those muscle artifacts have a characteristic signature which > > > is ignored or minimized by the program which does the fast fourier > > > analysis. > > > > > > > That's one way of doing it. David OJ says they did it by visual > inspection of the EEG, which > > is generally more accurate. The MOST accurate way of doing it is to > have one (or more?) > > time-coded video camera on the person and deleting any EEG that > occurs when there is a > > visible twitch, but I don't think most researchers bother with > that, at least not these days. > > While at the Berkeley TM center, I worked with a world class > physiology professor there to do an EEG study of yogic flying, got > permission for her to watch a flying session and begin designing the > study. She was a meditator with a positive view of TM, was excited > about the project. After seeing a flying session, she said it was > impossible to get anything close to an accurate reading of yogic > flying using an EEG and the coherence studies "during liftoff" were > nonsense. >
"Point of liftoff" not "during liftoff." Interesting that she couldn't catch the distinction. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
