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Electromagnetic instability established in the trance state can open broader reception capabilities, enabling the individual to process information over a wider frequency range.

出神状态建立起的电磁不稳定性可开放更广的接收能力,使个体能处理更大频率范围的资讯。

Concept esp · Domain Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction · mechanism · interface 3/3 · testability 3/3 · status untested · ★ fundable

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Seth sources (book §session)
Adjudicating experiment
Supplementary question 1: approximately 120 participants, including 60 experienced individuals and 60 matched controls, undergo randomized crossover of trance induction, ordinary relaxation under the same sound, and quiet wakefulness. High-density EEG, body surface potential, ECG, EOG, EMG, respiration, skin conductance, and calibrated electric and magnetic field probes at various distances outside the body are recorded simultaneously; pre-specified frequency bands, powers, non-stationarity indices, etc., are defined. Multi-frequency weak stimulus/sham stimulus discrimination and isolated target tasks are then added to test whether spectral changes predict independent accuracy; 3–4 visits per person, over 12–18 months, with subsequent independent sample confirmation.
Suggested paper title
Trance-Associated Bioelectric Spectra and Sensory Detection Bandwidth: A Pre-registered Crossover Study
What it would overturn
If a controlled trance state indeed expands the detectable frequency band of external signals, it will revise the hypothesis that 'trance only changes the processing state of existing sensory information without expanding the detectable frequency band.'
Candidate labs / funders
University of Michigan,Center for Consciousness Science; Emma R. Huels;UnCheol Lee;George A. Mashour,相关脑电研究; Bial Foundation,改变意识状态的心理生理学研究资助
Specificity of Seth's formulation
Medium; it provides a causal chain of 'trance → electromagnetic change → broadening of reception,' but 'electromagnetic instability' and 'wider frequency range' are not quantitatively defined.
Note
EEG and body surface potentials can only measure specific electrophysiological signals and cannot cover the entire electromagnetic spectrum around the body; high-frequency EEG especially requires exclusion of muscle artifacts; confirming the causal chain requires manipulating candidate mechanisms, not just relying on correlations.
Evidence (1, DOI-verified via Crossref)
  • Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness — Emma R. Huels;Hyoungkyu Kim;UnCheol Lee;Tarik Bel-Bahar;Angelo V. Colmenero;Amanda Nelson;Stefanie Blain-Moraes;George A. Mashour;Richard E. Harris (2021), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    部分前提获支持:24名实践者和24名对照的研究发现出神相关脑电差异,但没有测得更宽外部信息接收频带或ESP增益。[论文](https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.610466)

Cite: Future Mind Institute, Seth Material Research Agenda, claim esp-7, https://www.seth.org.cn/en/research/claims/esp-7