sparaig wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Vaj wrote:
>>
>>> Large-scale alpha synchronization blocks information processing
>>> because very large
>>> populations of neurons oscillate with the same phase and frequency;
>>> thus, it is a state
>>> of high integration but low differentiation. Within a bandwidth of
>>> perhaps 2Hz near this
>>> spectral peak, alpha frequencies frequently produce spontaneously
>>> moderate to large
>>> coherence (0.3-0.8 over large inter-electrode distance (Nunez et al.,
>>> 1997)).
>>> The alpha coherence values reported in TM studies, as a trait in the
>>> baseline or during meditation,
>>> belong to this same range. Thus a global increase of alpha power and
>>> alpha coherence
>>> might not reflect a more "ordered" or "integrated" experience, as
>>> frequently claimed in
>>> TM literature, but rather a relaxed, inactive mental state (Fenwick,
>>> 1987).
>>>
>>> -The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness
>>>
>> It is the theta as well as aware-delta frequencies that are more a
>> signed of higher consciousness.
>>
>>
>
> Er, yeah. And this is documented, where?
Any yogi that is worth his salt knows that.
