Geophysical variables and behavior: XCII. Experimental elicitation of the experience of a sentient being by right hemispheric, weak magnetic fields: Interaction with temporal lobe sensitivity

We tested the hypothesis that proportionally more people with above average numbers of complex partial epileptic-like experiences before the experimen t would report a proximal presence during applications of a weak (1 microTe sla), frequency-modulated magnetic field over the right hemisphere. Each of 16 subjects sat in darkened, quiet room and was exposed for 20 min. to com plex fields, applied through a helmet, either along the right hemisphere or across both hemispheres. None of the 8 subjects with below average scores reported a presence during the applications of the magnetic fields a while 75% and 60% of the 8 subjects with above average scores reported a presence during right hemispheric and bilateral stimulation, respectively.