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The solar wind and hallucinations—A possible relation due to magnetic disturbances

✍ Scribed by Walter Randall; Steffani Randall


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
265 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0197-8462

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✦ Synopsis


Data from the 19th century on hallucinations and magnetic disturbances were found to exhibit a direct and statistically significant correlation. The aa magnetic index over the period 1868-89 and concurrent visual hallucinatory activity were found to co-vary (Spearman coefficient = .64; P less than .05). Magnetic influences on the pineal hormone, melatonin, are suggested as a possible source of variation.