paging salisbury, please report to your psychiatrists's office.

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"Brain Stimulation Triggers Paranoia, Sense of Alien Presence Wednesday, September 20, 2006 By Charles Q. Choi AP The young woman went to doctors to have them probe her brain, to root out where her seizures came from. But unexpectedly, their investigations and the procedure they performed led her to experience the creepy illusion of a person standing behind her, where nobody was actually present. The patient described the illusory person as young and of indeterminate sex, a "shadow" who did not speak or move. "He is behind me, almost at my body, but I do not feel it," she reported. When the patient sat and embraced her knees with her arms, she noted the "man" was now also sitting and clasping her in his arms, which she described as unpleasant. When asked to read a card in her right hand, she noted the shadow tried to interfere, saying, "he wants to take the card" and "he doesn't want me to read." Researchers said today that what they learned from this woman, who is not named in their scientific paper, could help shed light on psychiatric effects, such as feelings of alien control, paranoia and persecution. Cognitive neuroscientist Olaf Blanke at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and his colleagues investigated the 22-year-old woman, who had no history of psychiatric illness. They were evaluating her for surgical treatment of epilepsy and had implanted electrodes in her brain to study where her seizures originated. The researchers found that stimulating a region known as the left temporoparietal junction caused the woman to feel the presence of a shadowy persona. The temporoparietal junction is involved in distinguishing self from other and integrating body-related sensory information. Since the shadowy person closely mimicked the woman, the researchers propose she was experiencing an illusion based on her own body. This effect is also a symptom of schizophrenia, and the scientists noted hyperactivity in the temporoparietal cortex of schizophrenics could lead to the sensation that one's actions are being performed by someone else. "Larger studies are needed," Blanke told LiveScience. "We reported findings in a single patient." Blanke and his colleagues report their findings in the Sept. 21 issue of the journal Nature."

9/20/2006 4:41:56 PM

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"They were evaluating her for surgical treatment of epilepsy and had implanted electrodes in her brain to study where her seizures originated. The researchers found that stimulating a region known as the left temporoparietal junction caused the woman to feel the presence of a shadowy persona. The temporoparietal junction is involved in distinguishing self from other and integrating body-related sensory information. Since the shadowy person closely mimicked the woman, the researchers propose she was experiencing an illusion based on her own body."

that's pretty damn freaky man

9/20/2006 4:44:23 PM

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""Larger studies are needed," Blanke told LiveScience. "We reported findings in a single patient.""

OH GR8

SO IF ONE PERSON LOSES THEIR TINFOIL HAT

WE ALL SUFFER IN YOUR VIEW

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9/20/2006 4:46:13 PM

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"They were evaluating her for surgical treatment of epilepsy and had implanted electrodes in her brain to study where her seizures originated. The researchers found that stimulating a region known as the left temporoparietal junction caused the woman to feel the presence of a shadowy persona."

Obviously the zionists put electrodes in this womans brain to discredit the other truth seekers.

9/20/2006 4:51:40 PM

I wonder at what temperature aluminum foil loses its capacity to filter out anti-Semitic viewpoints...

9/20/2006 4:58:57 PM

Am I the only one who caught House last week when they did this?

9/20/2006 5:16:58 PM

fahrenheit 666

9/20/2006 5:18:24 PM

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"that's pretty damn freaky man"

Some people do hallucinogenic drugs for the same effect, like Meth.

9/20/2006 5:38:31 PM

Was in an episode of House.

9/20/2006 5:56:30 PM

Is there a way to stimulate the brain at range?

If so, I want a paranoia raygun.

9/20/2006 6:38:38 PM

somebody's probably already working on it

9/20/2006 6:40:26 PM

That was one of the few house episodes that I've actually seen.

Here's the thread on it.

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=432312&page=1#9288514

9/20/2006 7:30:07 PM

House did it.

9/20/2006 8:26:18 PM

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"Is there a way to stimulate the brain at range?"

Psychologically speaking, sure.

Appealing to Common Fears + Capacity to Reach Large Numbers of People

9/20/2006 9:17:32 PM