This research using anesthetics indirectly demonstrates that electromagnetic fields are related to the mind and consciousness. In this case, they use two anesthetics that have very different chemical pathways and mechanisms, but what they seem to have in common is that they disrupt neuronal synchronization (creating larger phase shifts between regions than those that occur naturally, and which neurons are accustomed to dealing with in order to integrate into single fields). When groups of neurons activate together, electromagnetic fields are created that integrate different regions of the brain. Anesthetics disrupt this and disrupt consciousness, primarily affecting frequencies between 1 and 4 Hz, which are used for large-scale integration (then there are other, faster frequencies at more local levels). Curiously, there is an increase in communication between the two cerebral hemispheres, although integration between the different areas within each hemisphere is lost. It would be interesting to expand these experiments to see how it affects heart-brain coherence, the interaction between brain waves and Schumann waves, etc. In any case, consciousness (from the human perspective) is only a part of the mind (when we sleep, the mind still exists), but it is undoubtedly related. |
Last modified on 16-May-25 |