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Article #6006Re: Mind machines: fact vs. fantasy
From: Charles Frederick Goodin
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:11
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:11
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x@asylum.sf.ca.us (Xochi Zen) writes: > I'm looking for _recent_ (1992+) literature on 'brain' or >'mind machines.' --- devices that employ photic stimulation via goggles >and pulsed sound/'binaural beats' to (allegedly) effect specific changes >in consciousness. You'll often see these devices (if you bother to look) >being hawked by new-age types. Please, no references from pop-science/new-age >books. Peer-reviewed journals are more what I'm looking for. I remember reading >a good article on the subject by Barry Beyestein (?) called 'Brainscams' or >something like that. Is this the only recent or semi-recent article out there >on this subject? That would be Barry Beyerstein. I'm taking a course with him this semester, and he does a lot of debunking of these kinds of people. Haven't read that article, or any others on the topic though. -- ______________________________________________________ Chuk Goodin (goodin@sfu.ca) Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Also found as Chuk_Goodin@mindlink.bc.ca
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f449a,79403a2226265f55 X-Google-Attributes: gidf449a,public X-Google-Thread: 1045ed,79403a2226265f55 X-Google-Attributes: gid1045ed,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,79403a2226265f55 X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-Thread: fafa4,79403a2226265f55 X-Google-Attributes: gidfafa4,public X-Google-Thread: 105b48,79403a2226265f55 X-Google-Attributes: gid105b48,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-28 10:11:25 PST Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,sci.psychology,bionet.neuroscience,sci.med,talk.religion.newage Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!ctc.com!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!goodin From: goodin@fraser.sfu.ca (Charles Frederick Goodin) Subject: Re: Mind machines: fact vs. fantasy Message-ID: <goodin.764878285@sfu.ca> Sender: news@sfu.ca (seymour news) Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada References: <2mvl4t$2e3@asylum.sf.ca.us> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:11:25 GMT Lines: 21