I’m aware of a study that found that the human brain clearly responds to changes in direction of the earth’s magnetic field (iirc, the test chamber isolated the participant from the earth’s field then generated its own, then moved it, while measuring their brain in some way) despite no human having ever been known to consciously perceive the magnetic field/have the abilities of a compass.
So, presumably, compass abilities could be taught through a neurofeedback training exercise.
I don’t think anyone’s tried to do this (“neurofeedback magnetoreception” finds no results)
But I guess the big mystery is why don’t humans already have this.
I briefly glanced at wikipedia and there seemed to be two articles supporting it. This one might be the one I’m referring to (if not, it’s a bonus) and this one seems to suggest that conscious perception has been trained.
I’m aware of a study that found that the human brain clearly responds to changes in direction of the earth’s magnetic field (iirc, the test chamber isolated the participant from the earth’s field then generated its own, then moved it, while measuring their brain in some way) despite no human having ever been known to consciously perceive the magnetic field/have the abilities of a compass.
So, presumably, compass abilities could be taught through a neurofeedback training exercise.
I don’t think anyone’s tried to do this (“neurofeedback magnetoreception” finds no results)
But I guess the big mystery is why don’t humans already have this.
I’ve heard of this extraordinary finding. As for any extraordinary evidence, the first question should be: is the data accurate?
Does anybody know if this has been replicated?
I briefly glanced at wikipedia and there seemed to be two articles supporting it. This one might be the one I’m referring to (if not, it’s a bonus) and this one seems to suggest that conscious perception has been trained.