Extrasensory Electroencephalographic Induction between Identical Twins
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In 1965, researchers published something wild in Science: identical twins might share brainwaves without any physical connection. They hooked up 15 twin pairs to EEG machines (which measure brain electrical activity) in separate rooms. When one twin closed their eyes β triggering a calm brainwave pattern called alpha rhythm β they watched whether the other twin's brain followed suit. In 2 of 15 pairs, it did. Unrelated people showed no such effect. A small hit rate, but this study became a landmark, kicking off decades of research into whether separated people can somehow influence each other's brain activity, inspiring later EEG and brain imaging studies.
Abstract
Alpha rhythms have been elicited in one of a pair of identical twins as a result of evoking these rhythms in a conventional manner solely in the other.
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Duane, T. D, Behrendt, Thomas (1965). Extrasensory Electroencephalographic Induction between Identical Twins. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3694.367
@article{duane_1965_extrasensory,
title = {Extrasensory Electroencephalographic Induction between Identical Twins},
author = {Duane, T. D and Behrendt, Thomas},
year = {1965},
journal = {Science},
doi = {10.1126/science.150.3694.367},
}