Mind-matter interactions
Mind-matter interactions Consciousness and the Observer Effect, Dean Radin, Ph.D, IONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB_2Qd5xNvE
Research publications: http://deanradin.com/evidence/evidence.htm
The observer effect The act of observation (measurement) changes the phenomena being observed
Testing mind – matter interactions May the consciousness itself affect the experiment?
The participants were instructed to keep the double slit in mind and to imagine that they could see, which of the two slits the photon went through.
Experimental setup
Laser tube
Optical apparatus (double slit)
Power supply
Camera
Line camera
https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=LC1
Double slit interference pattern
Picture ‘seen’ by the camera
Illumination intensity
Hypotheses
The act of focusing attention toward the double-slit would cause decrease of the interference pattern recorded during attention-toward epochs as compared to during attentionaway epochs. Participants with attention training, such as meditators, would perform better than those without such training.
Experiment Illumination intensity
Illumination intensity power spectrum
tone feedback
Experimental protocol Compare spectral power during mental observation vs. non-observation.
Observe (30 sec)… Rest (30+-5 sec)…
15 -30 sec
Results reported as z-scores or as effect size
What is z-score and effect size? Z-scores tell us how far a particular score is away from the mean. Effect size is a measure of the strength of a phenomenon (es = z/sqrt(N), N-number of sessions)
Flipping a coin 100 times Z-scores tell us how far a particular score is away from the mean. Results for flipping a coin 100 times:
30 35
40
45 50
55 60 65
70
decreased interference
increased interference
Results – pilot studies (effect size) 250 sessions 137 people
Questions
Could this effect be caused heat and vibration artifacts caused by proximity of the human body to the doubleslit system? Does this effect depend on distance?
On-line double slit experiment
Human session
not observing
observing
Control session
not observing
observing
On-line DS exepriments - results
2303 sessions
2389 sessions 689 people 120 countries
Effect of distance The effect is independent on distance
US
Europe
Asia
On-line experiments 2013 and 2014 In 2014 double slit spectral power increased
Anomaly in 2014 The anomalous behavior in 2014 was due to coding error of not considering the difference between Cartesian and Flash coordinate system.
Anomaly in 2014 explained
In 2014 feedback was reversed and results also reversed. Psychophysical interactions are active rather than passive form of observation.
Influence of Earth’s magnetic field
Mind – matter interactions in other random physical systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dEget9UD7A
Mind – matter interactions in other random physical systems
Global Consciousness Project Since 1998, the Global Consciousness Project (GCP) has maintained a global network of random number generators (RNGs), recording parallel sequences of random data at 65 sites around the world. The data deviate from expectation during times of “global events,” defined as transitory episodes of widespread mental and emotional reaction to major world events.
Locations of all RNGs
Global Consciousness Project
Global Consciousness Project On September 11 the network of 37 online RNGs displayed strong deviations. The trend began early in the morning and continued for more than two days.
Cumulative deviation of network variance for each second, September 5 through 15, 2001
Mind to mind interactions During meditation of approximately 4000 participants in Washington DC in summer 1993, level of violent crimes (homicides, rapes and assaults) dropped significantly.
Effects of the National Demonstration Project on 1993 HRA crime levels in Washington, D.C
Conscious or unconscious interactions? Princeton Engineering Anomaly Research (PEAR): The effect does not come through conscious part of the mind but out of the unconscious part.
Sleepers had unconsciously steered the robot away from themselves. Sleep was monitored by EEG. When there was no test person in the bed, the robot produced a purely random wander pattern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB_2Qd5xNvE
Research publications: http://deanradin.com/evidence/evidence.htm
The observer effect The act of observation (measurement) changes the phenomena being observed
Testing mind – matter interactions May the consciousness itself affect the experiment?
The participants were instructed to keep the double slit in mind and to imagine that they could see, which of the two slits the photon went through.
Experimental setup
Laser tube
Optical apparatus (double slit)
Power supply
Camera
Line camera
https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=LC1
Double slit interference pattern
Picture ‘seen’ by the camera
Illumination intensity
Hypotheses
The act of focusing attention toward the double-slit would cause decrease of the interference pattern recorded during attention-toward epochs as compared to during attentionaway epochs. Participants with attention training, such as meditators, would perform better than those without such training.
Experiment Illumination intensity
Illumination intensity power spectrum
tone feedback
Experimental protocol Compare spectral power during mental observation vs. non-observation.
Observe (30 sec)… Rest (30+-5 sec)…
15 -30 sec
Results reported as z-scores or as effect size
What is z-score and effect size? Z-scores tell us how far a particular score is away from the mean. Effect size is a measure of the strength of a phenomenon (es = z/sqrt(N), N-number of sessions)
Flipping a coin 100 times Z-scores tell us how far a particular score is away from the mean. Results for flipping a coin 100 times:
30 35
40
45 50
55 60 65
70
decreased interference
increased interference
Results – pilot studies (effect size) 250 sessions 137 people
Questions
Could this effect be caused heat and vibration artifacts caused by proximity of the human body to the doubleslit system? Does this effect depend on distance?
On-line double slit experiment
Human session
not observing
observing
Control session
not observing
observing
On-line DS exepriments - results
2303 sessions
2389 sessions 689 people 120 countries
Effect of distance The effect is independent on distance
US
Europe
Asia
On-line experiments 2013 and 2014 In 2014 double slit spectral power increased
Anomaly in 2014 The anomalous behavior in 2014 was due to coding error of not considering the difference between Cartesian and Flash coordinate system.
Anomaly in 2014 explained
In 2014 feedback was reversed and results also reversed. Psychophysical interactions are active rather than passive form of observation.
Influence of Earth’s magnetic field
Mind – matter interactions in other random physical systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dEget9UD7A
Mind – matter interactions in other random physical systems
Global Consciousness Project Since 1998, the Global Consciousness Project (GCP) has maintained a global network of random number generators (RNGs), recording parallel sequences of random data at 65 sites around the world. The data deviate from expectation during times of “global events,” defined as transitory episodes of widespread mental and emotional reaction to major world events.
Locations of all RNGs
Global Consciousness Project
Global Consciousness Project On September 11 the network of 37 online RNGs displayed strong deviations. The trend began early in the morning and continued for more than two days.
Cumulative deviation of network variance for each second, September 5 through 15, 2001
Mind to mind interactions During meditation of approximately 4000 participants in Washington DC in summer 1993, level of violent crimes (homicides, rapes and assaults) dropped significantly.
Effects of the National Demonstration Project on 1993 HRA crime levels in Washington, D.C
Conscious or unconscious interactions? Princeton Engineering Anomaly Research (PEAR): The effect does not come through conscious part of the mind but out of the unconscious part.
Sleepers had unconsciously steered the robot away from themselves. Sleep was monitored by EEG. When there was no test person in the bed, the robot produced a purely random wander pattern
