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That's quite a lot of dependent variables for such a low N, skeptical. Also claims like these require extraordinary evidence: It has now been established [
by unhammer 4y ago
That's quite a lot of dependent variables for such a low N, skeptical. Also claims like these require extraordinary evidence:
It has now been established [33, 34, 35, 36] that brain rhythms
include ultra-slow frequency oscillations (USFO), which are usually
not detected by standard electroencephalogram measurements. The
frequency range of these oscillations corresponds to very
low-frequency pulsations Pc3–4 characteristic of a polar cusp. Among
the ultra-slow fluctuations, the rhythm with a period of 15–40 s is
remarkable in that the human brain is accompanied by transitions of
levels of consciousness, for example, transitions to the hypnotic
state. The fluctuations in the decasecond range correspond to the
period of fluctuations of the pulsations Pc3, the amplitude and
intensity of which are significantly higher during the polar day
than in the polar night. It is not excluded that Pc3–4 pulsations
can contribute, along with other factors, to the unstable mental
state of the residents of arch. Spitsbergen.
(But then maybe that's just my unstable mental state talking, having lived there for a year when I was five. I didn't notice any geocosmic agents, I mostly just remember the reindeer and the heating pipes criss-crossing Longyearbyen.)
- neurocat123 4y agoThere is some evidence, mostly fMRI-based as far as I'm aware, of slow (~10s period) fluctuations between functional coupling of brain regions on a macroscopic level. The associated networks are often referred to as resting state or default-mode networks. See e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596417/ I am not aware of 15-40s period transitions that are "accompanied by transitions of levels of consciousness", but would be interested in case anyone knows what these refer to.