Topic: Consciousness - Neuroscientifically
What do you all make of this statement?
Much has been made of the presence of oscillations in the gamma range (30-70 Hz) in the local-field potential and in multi-unit recordings in the visual and sensory-motor system of cats and primates (Singer and Gray, 1995). The existence of such oscillations remains in doubt in higher visual cortical areas (Young et al., 1992). We remain agnostic with respect to the relevance of these oscillations to conscious perception. It is possible that they subserve figure-ground in early visual processing.
This by the late Francis Crick -- acclaimed discoverer of DNA -- in his later work on Consciousness. (Again, from a neuroscientific perspective) Oh, and Crick tells us that "STS" also stands for "superior temporal sulcus", as in "the activity of a single neuron in the superior temporal sulcus (STS) of a macaque monkey". (~8
What would you say, Montalk, about this 30-70 Hz range? Something of a correlated display of activity in one's "local-field potential" in these frequencies... seems like a reasonable target range to work on towards consciousness manipulation technology. We know about the Tubes in our tv's and computers, our microwaves, HAARP, Cell-phones. We still don't have a clue in mainstream science what the effect these devices have on this seemingly critical range of frequencies observed in our brains. I fear the driving force behind these technologies knows only too well what they're pushing on us.
The article is worth the read if anyones interested in neuroscience. There's also an excellent book called Exploring Consciousness, by Rita Carter -- a great scientific journalist. It's not cheap though, so if anyone's really interested in reading into what we currently call "the study of consciousness" (from within the jail of mainstream science), email me for a loaner.