The two most recent explanations for alien abductions both deal with electrical disturbances in the brain. Tectonic Strain Theory explains how high-amplitude disturbances caused by movements in the tectonic plates of the earth s crust can cause psychological disturbances in the brain and hallucinatory images. Reports of UFO sightings and abductions have been slightly higher during the years when the level of electromagnetic disturbances in the earth s crust were very high. The other explanation dealing with electrical disturbances in the brain is on temporal lobe liability. Temporal lobe liability refers to excessive bursts of electrical activity in the temporal lobes of the brain.
People can have low, normal, or high temporal lobe liability.
Michael Persinger, a neuroscientist at Laurentian University and a researcher in this area, believes that the feelings of floating, deja vu experienced by people with high temporal lobe liability could be explanations for the similar feelings people who have been abducted recall. As research continues, more answers to the question of what really happened to people who suffer from Alien Abduction Syndrome will be found. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists today have been able to explain many of their patients stories of an alien abduction as dreams, hallucinations, personality disorders, false memories, and electrical disturbances in the brain. These explanations have held true and in some cases even been proven beyond a doubt, unlike the proposed theories and evidence for the existence of extraterrestrials. The Inside Story.