Electrocortical activity associated with subjective communication with the deceased.

ABSTRACT: During advanced meditative practices, unusual perceptions can arise including the sense of receiving information about unknown people who are deceased. As with meditation, this mental state of communication with the deceased involves calming mental chatter and becoming receptive to subtle feelings and sensations. Psychometric and brain electrophysiology data were collected from six individuals who had previously reported accurate information about deceased individuals under double-blind conditions. Each experimental participant performed two tasks with eyes closed. In the first task, the participant was given only the first name of a deceased person and asked 25 questions. After each question, the participant was asked to silently perceive information relevant to the question for 20 s and

SUBMITTER: Delorme A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3834343 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature