--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > [...] > > > > Caveat: I don't think either of these studies, the > > Jerusalem or the D.C. study, are any more than > > suggestive; they're certainly not conclusive. I'm > > extremely skeptical that the ME theory can ever be > > conclusively documented to be valid, even if the > > ME does actually exist. > > > > The biggest problem is that it's not possible to study it in a labratory setting. Fred Travis > did part of his PhD research on "field effects of consciousness" but that study has never > been replicated. Fred's latest research shows why: there's a ceiling effect on EEG coherence > that happens within 4-5 months of TM practice. You can't find tiny fluctuations, at least > consistently, in something where the tiny fluctuations stop being detectable. > > I recently ran across reference to a technique for obtaining "instananeous" EEG coherence > figures and passed it on to Fred. He may already have been familiar with the technique and > decided it wasn't appropriate, or perhaps not. If not, it is conceivable that the ceiling effect > for EEG coherence averaged over 40 seconds time might not exist for much smaller time > intervals, in which case small scale interpersonal EEG coherence studies might be possible > to perform with non-negative results. If THOSE can be replicated by non-TMing > researchers, that would be tremendous support for the ME.
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