Exploring the Association between ESP and Geomagnetic Activity using 5-second Local Geomagnetic...

Exploring the Association

between ESP and

Geomagnetic Activity using

5-second Local Geomagnetic

Field Measurements

Overview

Part 1

Geomagnetic Activity and ESP

Local Sidereal Time and ESP

Part 2

Analysis of Edinburgh Ganzfeld Sessions

Geomagnetic Activity

Geomagnetic Activity

Continuous Pulsation

510

530

550

58 68 78 88

Minutes

nT

Irregular Pulsation

1080

1100

1120

1140

1160

1180

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Minutes

nT

450

470

490

510

530

550

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Minutes

nTIrregular Pulsation

ESP and Geomagnetic Activity:Literature Review

Negative Correlation Makarec and Persinger, 1987Persinger and Krippner, 1989Krippner and Persinger, 1996Radin, 2002Positive Correlation Radin, 1994Persinger et al, 2002Booth et al, 2002

Little or No Correlation Nelson and Dunne, 1986Persinger, 1989Spottiswoode, 1997

ESP and Geomagnetic Activity: Literature Review

Local Sidereal Time Spottiswoode, 1997

Local Sidereal Time

Local Sidereal Time Simulation

Edinburgh Ganzfeld ESP Sessions

1. Effect size (z/N) for the study-condition > 0.15

Criteria

2. 5-second geomagnetic readings available

Study Condition N ES GMA Correlation

Sender - No Sender Sender 64 0.17 Negative

Creativity (1997) All 79 0.50 Positive

Exploratory Dataset

Method

510

530

550

570

590

610

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Minutes

nT

510

530

550

570

590

610

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Minutes

nT

Method

0

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10

Hz

nT

Band 3Band 4

Band 5Band 6

Method

Continuous Pulsation

510

530

550

58 68 78 88

Minutes

nT

Sender - No Sender Study(Sender Conditions)

All Sessions (N = 64)

Component rs

Cont. Pulsation -0.26* Range -0.10Trend -0.07Total Power -0.15Band 3 Power -0.17 Band 4 Power -0.06Band 5 Power -0.10 Band 6 Power -0.13

KD Sessions (N = 30)

Component rs Cont. Pulsation -0.31Range -0.04Trend -0.04Total Power -0.17Band 3 Power -0.39*Band 4 Power -0.08Band 5 Power 0.02 Band 6 Power -0.12

* significant at p < 0.05, 2-tailed

Sender - No Sender(Sender Conditions)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25

Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)

Sender - No Sender

Creativity (1997)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25

Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)

Sender - No Sender

Creativity 1997

p < 0.05

>

Summary of Findings

• ESP may not work very well when band 3 > 0.31

• ESP may not work very well during periods with continuous pulsations.

• May explain the inconsistent relationship between ESP and the geomagnetic index.

• May explain the Local Sidereal Time effect.

Creativity (1997)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25

Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)

Sender - No Sender

Creativity 1997

Confirmatory Dataset• Too few studies

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25

Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)

Sender - No SenderCreativity 1997Confirmatory