The influence background fluctuations of electromagnetic fields and biophoton emission has on behaviour: a correlational and experimental investigation
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2022-04-29
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Nontraditional environmental factors such the geomagnetic field and background biophoton
emission have the potential to influence human brain activity. The relationship between brain
activity and geomagnetic field activity fluctuations as well as background photon emission were
examined over the course of this study. An electroencephalographic database of 184 participants
was amalgamated with a geomagnetic field database and a background photon emission database
to be analyzed. The results showed that increased geomagnetic field activity was positively
correlated with an increased alpha power from the right hemisphere of the brain and that as
background photon emission increased, an increase in theta and alpha activity from the frontal
lobe was observed. We further investigated the effect of geomagnetic fields by observing planaria
behaviour after being exposed to one of six applied electromagnetic fields created to mimic a
geomagnetic storm ranging in intensity from 0.1µT to 3.5µT. Planaria were split into two groups:
control, and acute 10µM nicotine exposure 24 hours prior to behavioural observation. The
behavioural observation results showed that planarian mobility increased when exposed to the
synthetic geomagnetic storm electromagnetic field. Planaria experiencing nicotine withdrawal
exhibited more aversive behaviour after being exposed to any intensity of the synthetic
geomagnetic storm electromagnetic field. The data demonstrates that an electromagnetic field
mimicking a geomagnetic storm can exacerbate aversive behaviour in planaria, especially in
planaria experiencing nicotine withdrawal. In conclusion, both geomagnetic field and
background photon emission correlated with brain activity. This research has given reason to
consider how important non-traditional environmental factors are and how they factor into
day-to-day life for biological individuals.
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Applied synthetic geomagnetic storm field, background photon emission, electroencephalograph (EEG), planaria, nicotine withdrawal