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Michael Persinger
American-Canadian professor of psychology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael A. Persinger (June 26, 1945 ā August 14, 2018) was an American-Canadian professor of psychology at Laurentian University, a position he had held from 1971 until his death in 2018.[1] His best-known hypotheses include the temporal lobes of the human brain as the central correlate for mystical experiences, subtle changes in geomagnetic activity as mediators of parapsychological phenomena, the tectonic strain within the Earth's crust as the source of luminous phenomena attributed to unidentified aerial objects, and the importance of specific quantifications for energy (10ā20 Joules), photon flux density (picoWatt per meter squared), and small shifts in magnetic field intensities (picoTesla to nanoTesla range) for integrating cellular activity as well as human thought with universal phenomena.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Michael Persinger | |
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Born | (1945-06-26)June 26, 1945 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Died | August 14, 2018(2018-08-14) (aged 73) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canadian American |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin University of Tennessee University of Manitoba |
Known for | Director of Laurentian University's Consciousness Research Laboratory. Notable for his work in the field of neurotheology. |
Awards | LIFT (Leader in Faculty Teaching), 2007 TVO (Ontario) Best Lecturer 2007 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurotheology, Neuroscience, Parapsychology, Biophysics, Geophysics, Epilepsy |
Institutions | Laurentian University |
Persinger's experimental work on paranormal experiences has received widespread media coverage[9][10][11][12] but has also been widely criticised.[13][14][15][16][17] His major research themes have included electromagnetic field effects upon biological organisms, epilepsy, temporal lobe functions, properties of biophotons, geophysical-human interactions, physical cosmology, and the quantifiable examination of what Persinger terms "low-probability phenomena" such as time travel, parallel universes, and the universe as a simulation.[18] He has published over 500 technical articles in scientific journals (many in predatory journals), more than a dozen chapters in various books, and seven of his own books.[19] His book with Ghislaine Lafreniere, entitled Space-Time Transients and Unusual Events (1977), documents the search for patterns in phenomena that are not compatible with current scientific paradigms.[18]
He argued that all phenomena including consciousness, spiritual experiences, and "paranormal events" can be explained by universal physical mechanisms and can be verified using the scientific method.[1] [citation needed] Further, he has claimed that the structure and function of the brain determine the boundaries of human perception of the universe, and that shared quantitative values connect local phenomena with fundamental properties of the cosmos.[20]