--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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. > > How small-scale would this be, just curiously? >
Fred's original research was one sidha in one room and a meditator/sidha in another, IIRC. I'm pretty sure he had things coordinated with liftoff in the Domes--"environmental factors" I think he called it. 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/
