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Old 03-28-2019, 09:26 AM
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Space Weather Affects our Brain

I have for many years thought that solar activity (which causes space weather and influences the geomagnetic field, for example causing aurora) affects how people behave. Now there is a study that provides some proof:

"Close your eyes and relax. Daydream about something pleasant. In this state your brain is filled with "alpha waves," a type of electrical brainwave associated with wakeful relaxation.

Now try it during a geomagnetic storm. It may not be so easy. A new study just published in the journal eNeuro by researchers at Caltech offers convincing evidence that changes in Earth's magnetic field can suppress alpha waves in the human brain.
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(from spaceweather.com. Original research here: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/....2019.full.pdf)

I got to the spaceweather.com site daily to check on activity which might affect behavior.
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