Project Activity (Fourth Year)

• Study on Analyzing Methods of Human Body Functions Using Various Simultaneous Measurements (VSM)

  by Bio-Emission Group

Results of the Fourth Year of the 5-Year-Project of Science and Technology Agency of Japan

1. Problems of Measurements for Anomalous Bio-Magnetic Field
2. Yunnan's Procedure of Screening Test for Anomalous Somatic Functions
3. Physiological Changes During Qigong Training
4. EEG Change in Remote Perception Task Using Electromagnetic Shield Cage

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Researches in the Fourth Year

1. Problems of Measurements for Anomalous Bio-Magnetic Field 1a), 1b)

Studies have reported that some zen or qigong masters/students can generate nT to 100nT-order magnetic fields under their control. This review finds that the order of magnitude of reported anomalous bio-magnetic fields (from 10^-1 nT to 10⁶ nT) have often differed remarkably in papers from the last 11 years. Results, including the authors' own measurements for magnetic fields caused by human hands are discussed. It is suggested that the differences in the order of magnitude of the reported anomalous bio-magnetic fields are influenced mainly by three factors: the rarity of special subjects, so-called "psychics"; making measurements with or without local shielding of the magnetic field; and variations in the type of detection sensors.

2. Yunnan's Procedure of Screening Test for Anomalous Somatic Functions 2a). 2b)

In [Japan-China Joint Research on Anomalous Somatic Functions], the authors visited the Somatic Science Laboratory at Yunnan University, China in 1997. The authors were given a chance to attend a screening test for subjects. The test was done at a primary school in Yunnan; Longxiang Xiaoxue. Details and the schedule of the test are described in this report. 51 children tried to recognize targets written on a rolled paper inserted to their ears during about 2 hours. Total number of trial is 179 trials, and the number of trials for a person is from 0 to 10; average is 3.5 trial/person. 18 trials were considered as hits, and averages were 0.1 hit/trial and 0.35 hit/person. However, researchers of Yunnan judged that this result was not good.

3. Physiological Changes During Qigong Training 3)

Changes in EEG, ECG and respiration were studied with qigong trainees through experiments every three months for one year. The subjects were two Japanese males and two females who were usually training in a kind of dynamic qigong. Alpha waves on the occipital region, which is an indicator of relaxation, tended to become large in the course of the year's training. The ratio of the alpha amplitude on the frontal region to the occipital region seemed to become larger during qigong, however, the changes in the ratio with more training were not so remarkable. The frequency of the alpha waves become slower during quiet qigong and faster during dynamic qigong, though, its change during one year was not clear. The heart rate increased even during quiet qigong compared with the resting state. Its increasing rate became smaller with subjects' training length.

4. EEG Change in Remote Perception Task Using Electromagnetic Shield Cage 4)

A qigong master (sender) and his pupil (receiver) were in two different rooms in a sensory-shielded state, and anomalous perception by qigong was attempted while the receiver was connected to an electroencephalograph. The sender attempted to transmit qi within a few seconds at a randomly selected time in 80 seconds period. The receiver, who was seated in an electromagnetic shield cage, attempted to perceive the transmission time. The analysis of the electroencephalogram from 20 seconds before to 20 seconds after the qi emission showed that a statistically significant increase of alpha wave mean amplitude at C₃ point occurred around 15 seconds after starting qi emission. The C₃ point corresponds to a sensory area of the right hand in which the receiver held a switch by which she signaled the guessed time. This result was consistent with results of our past experiments that the alpha wave amplitude in the receiver's electroencephalograms increases for his/her sensory area related to the loaded anomalous perception task at 10 or more seconds after the start of the anomalous stimuli. But the present experiment had a difference from the past experiments on the point that the anomalous stimuli were not sent at the time of the brain reaction which suggests anomalous perception in the subconscious.

References

1a) Kokubo H, Yamamoto M, Hirasawa M, Kawano K, Furukawa M and Sakaida H: Proceedings of 31st Annual Convention of JSPP, pp.15-19, 1998.

1b) Kokubo H, Yamamoto M, Hirasawa M, Kawano K, Furukawa M and Sakaida H: Journal of International Society of Life Information Science, 17(1): 20-31, 1999.

2a) Kokubo H, Yamamoto M, Hirasawa M, Kawano K, Furukawa M and Sakaida H: Proceedings of 31st Annual Convention of JSPP, pp.20-25, 1998. [in Japanese]

2b) Kokubo H and Yamamoto M: Yunnan's procedure of screening test for anomalous somatic functions, Japanese Journal of Parapsychology, 4(1):3-11, 1999 [in Japanese]

3) Kawano K, Yamada T, Hirasawa M, Kokubo H and Yamamoto M: Journal of International Society of Life Information Sicence, 17(1): 78-82, 1999.

4) Yamamoto M, Hirasawa M, Kokado T, Kokubo K, Yamada T, Taniguchi J, Kawano K and Fukuda N: Journal of International Society of Life Information Sicence, 17(1): 191-197, 1999.

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