The scientific world as a whole is extremely skeptical about the so-called cases of observing the paranormal, in other words, to ghosts
Cases where several witnesses claimed to have seen a ghost are traditionally not recognized by official science and are classified as jokes and hoaxes. However, some scientists are trying to study the paranormal in the mainstream of modern science. They recently tried to figure out what is going on in the brain of a person who, as it seems to him, is observing the appearance of ghosts.
At the moment, there is confirmed evidence that some "ghosts" are the generation of brain vibrations caused by peaks in the electromagnetic fields surrounding a person and the capture of low-frequency sound waves (infrasound), writes Scientific American.
Electromagnetic fields created by power lines, radio stations and other electrical devices and devices can dispel the myth of the other world once and for all, according to the head of the study, neurophysiologist Michael Persinger of Laurentian University in Canada. He cites the example of a case he described in a 2001 study. A seventeen-year-old girl, who suffered minor brain damage at birth, claimed that the Holy Spirit appears to her at night. She also "felt" the presence of an invisible baby on her left shoulder. Persinger and his colleagues found an ordinary electronic clock at the head of the girl. Testing confirmed the scientists' hunch: the watch generated electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths similar to those that cause epileptic seizures in humans. After the clock was removed from the headboard,the girl's visions ceased. Persinger is convinced that the electromagnetic waves from the watch, combined with chronic brain injury, were the factors behind the appearance of the "visions."
Despite the belief of Michael Persinger and his colleagues that electromagnetic radiation is directly related to mystical visions, this still needed to be proven. Psychologist Christopher French from London Goldsmiths College took over. For four years, he and his colleagues created a special "ghost room" out of an ordinary London apartment. The walls of the room were lined with electromagnetic devices and infrasonic generators. With the help of the Internet, 79 volunteers were found who were offered to spend some time in a dim room and were warned that during the experiment they could observe strange visions, feel someone else's presence or experience other unusual sensations.
The subjects were first alternately and then simultaneously subjected to electromagnetic waves and infrasound. Most of the participants in the experiment did not observe any paranormal phenomena, but felt dizzy and terrified. Scientists did not expect such a reaction, but they could not confidently assert that a feeling of fear arose in the subjects due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of the truth, Christopher French studied the famous "haunted houses" and now claims that only a person who firmly believes in it is capable of "seeing" something paranormal: “The dark old house, of course, is full of strange sounds, but people who believe are ready see what even our devices do not register."
French himself relates his research of the paranormal to the field of serious scientific work: he is confident that his research can shed light on the secrets of the human mind, memory and hallucinations. According to him, people mistake the fruits of their imaginations for events taking place in the real world. Anything that makes “inner events” look like real-world events - for example, vivid imagination - complicates the process of separating fiction from reality. An extreme case of inability to separate "internal events" (the fruit of the imagination) from real events is schizophrenic states.
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Michael Persinger, in turn, notes the "excellent results" of the work of French and his team, but he remains unconvinced: electromagnetic waves, he believes, certainly have an effect on the body - on the human brain, cells and even DNA. "I'm a scientist and I don't believe in anything," Persinger says. He is not going to give up his research and intends to prove that electromagnetic waves and ultrasound are directly related to the so-called "ghosts".
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