Venkatasubramanian Ganesan, Jayakumar Peruvumba N, Nagendra Hongasandra R, Nagaraja Dindagur, Deeptha R, Gangadhar Bangalore N
Int J Yoga. 2008 Jul;1(2):66-71. doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.43543.
"Telepathy" is defined as "the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognized channels of sense". Meta-analyses of "ganzfield" studies as well as "card-guessing task" studies provide compelling evidence for the existence of telepathic phenomena. The aim of this study was to elucidate the neural basis of telepathy by examining an individual with this special ability.
Using functional MRI, we examined a famous "mentalist" while he was performing a telepathic task in a 1.5 T scanner. A matched control subject without this special ability was also examined under similar conditions.
The mentalist demonstrated significant activation of the right parahippocampal gyrus after successful performance of a telepathic task. The comparison subject, who did not show any telepathic ability, demonstrated significant activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus.
The findings of this study are suggestive of a limbic basis for telepathy and warrant further systematic research.
“心灵感应”被定义为“一种思维对另一种思维的任何形式的印象传递，独立于公认的感官渠道”。对“超感知觉全域测试”研究以及“猜牌任务”研究的荟萃分析为心灵感应现象的存在提供了令人信服的证据。本研究的目的是通过对一名具有这种特殊能力的个体进行检查，来阐明心灵感应的神经基础。
使用功能磁共振成像，我们在一台1.5T扫描仪中对一位著名的“心灵术士”进行心灵感应任务时进行了检查。还在类似条件下对一名没有这种特殊能力的匹配对照受试者进行了检查。
这位心灵术士在成功完成心灵感应任务后，右侧海马旁回显示出显著激活。而没有表现出任何心灵感应能力的对照受试者，左侧额下回显示出显著激活。
本研究结果提示心灵感应存在边缘系统基础，值得进一步进行系统研究。
