Questions about the Human Brain, page 1

Tone,

I thought I would answer your U2U on here for the edification of all involved.

I have been reading a massive amount of material on this subject the past two days and it is absolutely fascinating!

As for "Psi" powers and the parts of the brain that may be involved.

It seems that a large amount of work has been done in that area. A lot by two scientists, Stanley Krippner and Michael Persinger, who have postulated and performed several studies that associate electromagnetic energy and memory, natural electrical phenomenon and instances of perceived "psi" events.

So we are all on the same track.. a picture of the "parts" of the brain.

Frontal lobe - The frontal lobe is involved in motor skills (including speech) and cognitive functions.

* The motor center of the brain (pre-central gyrus) is located in the rear of the frontal lobe, just in front of
the parietal lobe. It receives connections from the somatosensory portion in the parietal lobe and processes and initiates motor functions. Like the homunculus in the parietal lobe, the pre-central gyrus has a motor map of the brain (for details, see A Science Odyssey: You Try It - Probe the Brain Activity).
* An area on the left side of the frontal lobe, called Broca's area, processes language by controlling the muscles that make sounds (mouth, lips and larynx). Damage to this area results in "motor aphasia," in which patients can understand language but cannot produce meaningful or appropriate sounds.
* Remaining areas of the frontal lobe perform associative processes (thought, learning, memory). health.howstuffworks.com...

Taking this argument one step further, Persinger (1989) points out that deep temporal lobe activity exists in equilibrium with the global geomagnetic condition. When there is a sudden decrease in geomagnetic activity, there appears to be an enhancement of processes that facilitate psi reception, especially telepathy and clairvoyance.
Increases in geomagnetic activity may suppress pineal melatonin levels and contribute to reductions of cortical seizure thresholds. Indeed, melatonin is correlated with temporal lobe- related disorders such as depression and seizures. Persinger has postulated that increased geomagnetic activity may contribute to expressive psi, such as spontaneous or laboratory psychokinesis. Some research data (e.g., Braud & Dennis, 1989) support this conjecture and Gertrude R. Schmeidler (1994, p. 216) has proposed that a psychokinesis subject who is more "aroused" (by the geomagnetic activity) would be more effective.
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Of particular relevance to psi is the capacity for the hippocampus to show long term potentiation, the first step to memory. A 400 cycles per second electrical stimulation of only 1 second can lead to semipermanent changes in electrical activity and produce observable growth of dendritic spines within 10 minutes. Such quick plasticity indicates that only a few seconds of the appropriate psi- related stimulus could evoke permanent changes in brain microstructures and hence modify memory Once the memory is consolidated it could appear as "real" as memory acquired by more traditional pathways.
www.goertzel.org...

This is a good start and I of course took only the VERY pertinent sections of the article to post as it is EXTENSIVE.

Yet it should answer any questions as to the "Where" in the brain perceived "Psi" powers may originate.

Semper