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 Since the early 1960's -there have been reports on intellig.ence applications,
 of, human biocommunication experimen-ts at-a-;di,,~tance which ha-ve been perfarilled
 within eastern bloc countries. It is conjectured that the background -for these
 reports is related to several decades of biocommuni cation. research in the USSR
 which began flourishing notably in the 1920's , and which has produced provocative
 results.
     .rhe possibility of human bi ocommun i cation at-a-distance, has always presented
 an intellectural difficulty to U.S.-trained scientists, not only because of pre-
 conceived ideological constraints,- but also due to a lack of an unified theory
 from which mechanisms and hypotheses could be suggested. Th~c primary message of
 this commentary on the subject is that some recent physics tfieory and corrobotating
 experimental data lend support and encouragenicnt to the idez~-., that there is a physicaT
 basis for observed biocommuni cation at-a-distance experimental results. Further,
 evaluation of some recent psychiatric research has suggestect the method by which tile
 events associated with biocommunication phenomena,,and the timing of their occurrence.,
 may be objectively observed with electrophysiological measurements. Although the
 theoretical considerations which lead to this position involve a new twist on a
 historical argument involving electromagnetic principles,- there are several important
 and significant differences between the ideas now being offered and that involving
 the "mental-radio" position. First, for biocoimilunication between any two pofilts on
 the earth, there is no prediction of an inverse-square-law Gr falling of the- effect
 with distance, which is consistent with what has been observed experimentally-
 Second, electromagnetic shielding will not reduce or eliminate the biocoranunicatiort
 event taking place between the individuals concerned,, no matter whether either one
 or both are completely and independently surrounded by shielding. Again, this,
 prediction is consistent with experimental results. Third,,there is no suggestion
 that the "sender" of information somehow employs a radiative transmfssion mechallfsto
 such that he/she can communicate directly with the "receiver." In fact, the
 designations "sender" and "receiver" in the usual information connotation are both
 inappropriate and misleading. Instead, the phenomena of bioconvaun i cation at-a-
 distance is more likely to involve an instance of complementary brain states and
 ongoing temporal processes.
 The chain of reasoning regarding the physical basis for human biocommun i cation
 at-a-distance involves the characteristics of the terrestrial electromagnetic (EM)
 field and biological phenomena which are purported to be related to, and dependent
 upon, this electromagnetic field. These biological phenomena encompass several
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  concepts, namely, bioentrainment over evolutionary time, maintenance of normaT
  physiological functioning, and neurological timing phenomena. The first. and
  third of these concepts are immediately relevant to this review and will be
  touched upon briefly, after introducing some key information about the terrestrial
  EM field.
  In general, one may categorize the terrestrial EM environment as having
  three aspects, or components: electrostatic field, magnetostatic: field, and
  dynamic EM field. Only the latter is of immediate concern. There has been a
  theoretical prediction, and experimental verification of a discrete set of
  continuous, global EM frequencies. These frequencies can be thought. of as resonant
  mode frequencies of a spherical cavity whose outer and inner walls are the ionosphere
  and the surface of the earth, respectively. They are the only continuous naturaT
  frequencies available on the earth (all others are intermittent) and the first five
  resonant modes fall in the ELF region at approximately 8, 15, 2G, 26, and 32 Hz.
   Biological experimentation has demonstrated that the human organ-ism
  is sensitive to various aspects of static and dynamic EM fields, taken singTy
  and in combination. This sensitivity may be demonstrated from moTecuTar to
  whole organism levels of physiological organization and appears to be a strong,
  and non-linear, function of intensity and frequency. If one focuses on the terres-
  trial EM resonant mode frequencies, it may be noted that the first five resonant (and
  dominant) frequencies span the "biological" frequency rango seen in 'dusturnary eTectro-
  encephalograph (EEG) recordings for normal individuals. In particuJar, the range
  covering the local variation of the first resonant mode frequency is approxfmately
  the same as that for the human EEG alpha rhythm. These considerations lead# to the,
  first postulate--that there is human neurophysiological bioentrainment to the-
  resonant frequencies previously mentioned. The bioentrainment is presumed to
  follow a development coincident with man's own evolutionary development. This
  view entails the notion that individual maturation phenomena eventually resul't
  in the neurologically mature organism being sensitive and resonantly responsive to,
  the EM fields, magnitudes, and frequencies associated with the resonance characterfstics.
  Additionally, it is postulated that the bioentrainment idea includes a developriuantal
  and evolutionary response to the characteristics of the terrestrial electrostatic
  and magnetostatic fields, but this is outside the immediate concern of this review.
  The notion of bioentrainment is not at all startling when we are reminded that
  everything from molecular binding to the operation of human physioTogical unit-,
  and organs, including the central nervous system, is based fundamentally on eTectrG-
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  The next consideration is that the resonant terrestrial EM frequencies
  might pr.ovide a continuous clock frequency for neural timing functions; and also,
  that,these SaMe frequencies may- a~ff as- and may contain information
  (as is possible for any EM frequency) which is significant for ordinary (as well
  as extraordinary) human communi cation. In the absence of any clear anatomical
  evidence of structures acting as generators to provide fnternal -clocks, it is
  possible to conceive of an alternative in which the terrestrial resonant frequencies
  provide external clock frequencies to which the neural system has adapted during
  evolutionary development, and to which it now responds in, a manner, analogous
  to a high Q resonant circuit. These timing signals might tben b~~'used for specific
  neurological functions as well as to provide the basis for neural coincident events
  elsewhere in the brain. The notion that these same EM frequencies may carry
  information which may, be decoded and encoded by the human brain via, field interactions
  should be assessed in light of the fact that these low frequencies have extremely
  long wavelengths (e.g., 10 Hz corresponds to a 30,000 kilometer wavelength). Thus,,
  the concept of human biocommunication utilizing the'se earth resonance frequencies
  does not require a human.being to somehow generate low frequencies for radiative
  transmission without accompanying physical structures which are the c relatea,_-
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  of long antennas.
  It is now relevant to turn to the field. of psychfatric research and
  consider some recently observed electrophysiological phenomena involving timing-
  It appears that individual electrophysiological measurements wade on a normal hurnan
  being display synchronous isopiorphic pattern changes and gradient disconUnuity.
  This behavior has been -technically defined as self'-synchrony. An additional form
  of synchrony has been found, however, which is defined as interactfve syrichrony,
  and is particularly noteworthy for its implications regarding human communication.
  When a.normal speaker is involved in a conversation with one or more individuals, the
  listeners' individual self-synchrDnous pattern changes Ioccur simultaneously with
  those of the speaker. No nonshared changes are found to occur during interactive
  synchrony. When a communicative sequence is completed or interrupted, interactive
  synchrony disappears, -leaving intact individual self-synchronous behavior-
  By now it should be clear how all the foregoing is related to the consMeration
  of human biocommunication at-a-distance. If one couples the idea of the resonant
  frequencies performing the role of infoniati.on transmission frequencies to the
  phenomena of interactive synchronization, there is the immediate syggestion, that
  objectively measureable EEG interactive synchronization patterns could be observed
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  between two communicating individuals whether they are two meters, apart or
  thousands of ki-l'oMete.rs alpla-r.t..., 'Dule-to.the- c!,xI.:remqly Tong wavelengths involved,
  there will be no fall off of the communication with distance, nor will ordinary
  EM shielding techniques have any effect on the phenomena. Simflarly, the concept
  of the terrestrial EM resonance frequencies as low frequency carrier waves for
  bi ocommuni cation does not require a radiative transmissfGn- mechanism for long
  distance communication generated by the human brain.
  Finally, some brief mention should be made that probably anTy ten percent
  or less of the human population has a natural , untrained capabilfty to produce
  positive results when involved in biocommurrication at-a-distance experiments.
  The reasons for this are undoubtedly related to the genetic constitution of the
  individual., plus the development of each individual based on his own historical
  environmental experiences. To this is added the postulate, that tihe interactive
  synchrony phenomena previously mentioned reSLAItS in the estab-11slament, of met-flory
  patterns which the brain can identify and remember, and so Ifead to the, triggering
  of complementary brain states during biocommunic-ation events bett~)een individuals
  who are well known to each other from a long history of previous, associations.
  This is not the place to review U.S. and U.S.S.R. research wark tai biocomInurli cation
  at-a-distance, except to note that the principles which have been., reviewed here
  are consistent with all known results of this type of research, atmd that the
  several decades of work in the U.S.S.R. by Vasiliev on telepathfc: hypnosis are
  particularly enlightening in this regard. 'The electrophysiological approach of
  Russian research in this area has also yielded the purported obseirvation of
  coincident EEG events in the individuals involved in bioconqnu~nication, experimeats
  at-a-di stance- -a result which is not surprising in view- of the hylpo-these's WIlich
  have been outlined above.
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