Partial Amnesia for a Narrative Following Application of Theta Frequency Electromagnetic Fields?

Enhanced hypnotizability by cerebrally applied magnetic fields depends upon the order of hemispheric presentation: An anistropic effect

“…We (Persinger, et al, 1991;Richards, et al, 1993) have found that application (across the temporal lobes) of 1 microT (10 mG) magnetic fields with burst firing-like wave structures can generate conscious experiences that reflect activation of the appropriate left or right hemisphere. Application of slightly more intense 4.5 Hz spike-like fields to the left hemisphere evoked a greater disruption in the consolidation of a concurrent standardized narrative than stimulation along the right hemisphere (Persinger & Nolan, 1985). In all of these studies, the complexity or the relevancy of the "information content" of the wave structure to the targeted "neural network" (John, 1990) appears to have been more important than the intensity of the field once a critical threshold had been achieved.…”

Modification of Activation and Evaluation Properties of Narratives by Weak Complex Magnetic Field Patterns that Simulate Limbic Burst Firing

“…For example, a reanalysis of the Persinger and Nolan (1985) study indicated that volunteers who received 1 mG, magnetic pulses along the left hemisphere while listening to a 3 minute narrative, displayed more significant impairment of its recall than those who received the same stimulation along the right hemisphere. For example, a reanalysis of the Persinger and Nolan (1985) study indicated that volunteers who received 1 mG, magnetic pulses along the left hemisphere while listening to a 3 minute narrative, displayed more significant impairment of its recall than those who received the same stimulation along the right hemisphere.…”

“…As described by Hoffman (1986), the plan is then transformed into lower level representations such as syntactic units and phonetic strings. People who score along the upper portions of this continuum frequently experience all of the phenomenological themes that are evoked by direct limbic stimulation.Previous experiments have shown that the application of pulsed, 4-5 Hz complex waves to the temporal region while the subject is listening to a narrative (developed by Fredericksen, 1975) evoked partial amnesia (Persinger and Nolan, 1985), a phenomena that was not evoked by exposure to traditional stimulus patterns such as sine-waves or square waves. Bear ( 1979) has developed a neurocognitive model of sensory-limbic hyperconnectionism.…”

“…Previous experiments have shown that the application of pulsed, 4-5 Hz complex waves to the temporal region while the subject is listening to a narrative (developed by Fredericksen, 1975) evoked partial amnesia (Persinger and Nolan, 1985), a phenomena that was not evoked by exposure to traditional stimulus patterns such as sine-waves or square waves. Shifts in recollection from verbatim recall to inferential substitutions for the narrative were also noted in other experiments (Michaud and Persinger, 1985).…”

Spontaneous Neocortical Activity and Cognitive Functions: A Neuron-Astroglial Bio-Magnetic and Self-Organized Process

“…These properties suggest that magnetic forces may play a central role in the communication among the cellular components of the neocortex. Indeed, pulsed magnetic fields can influence basic processes in the nervous system (Wieraszko et al, 2005) and modulate memory related processes (Ahmed and Wieraszko, 2006;McKay and Persinger, 2003;Persinger and Nolan, 1985;Richards et al, 1996).…”