Approved For Release 2000/Qg905 GiRereP 96-00789R002200150001-1 4. (U) Objective A, Task 4--Gross Physiological Correlates to RV (S/NF) One of the persistent problems in deploying RV in an operational environment is the lack of an a priori method for assessing the quality of a particular RV session. The present exploratory investigation was an attempt to discover whether external physiological cues could be used to discriminate accurate from inaccurate sessions. (U) In an exploratory attempt to learn more about this aspect of the RV process, 20 RV sessions, comprising the output of one subject from a separate experiment, were videotaped and analyzed by a behavioral psychologist to discover if accurate sessions could be blindly separated from inaccurate sessions by gross external physiological changes which occurred during the RV session. Behaviors defined and coded included latency to first response, head movements, hand gestures, and interactive and descriptive verbalizations, Frequency counts of each behavior were made and correlated with a measure of the quality of the RV. (U) Unfortunately for this analysis, the measure of RV quality showed no significant RV function. Thus, correlation between RV quality and the behaviors rated could not be expected to show a significant relationship. Results matched this expectation; there were no significant correlations between the measure of RV quality and the behaviors noted. There was a non-significant trend in the positive direction for latency to first response which is similar to the measurement of latency from stimulus to response time measured in another pilot experiment (see Task F-3). It should also be noted that two behaviors of particular interest, namely eye movement and facial expression, were not analyzed in this study because facial expression was considered too subjective without multiple observers while the quality of the video recordings did not permit accurate observation of eye movement. (U) In conclusion, this study does not rule out the possibility that external physiological cues may give important clues to the quality of RV. It would be necessary to conduct a similar study with a sample of known high-quality remote viewing. 5. (U) Objective B, Task 1--Resource Library (U) The Parapsychology Sources of Information Center (PSIC, Rhea A. White, Director) has completed two years of a multi-year effort intended to provide and maintain an extensive data base facility for parapsychological literature, described in a separate report. The overall goal is to have the data base, called PsiLine, include bibliographic information and abstracts of the entire literature of parapsychology and related disciplines. During the first year of a multi-year effort, PSIC purchased the necessary hardware and software, and then 13 Approved For Release 2000/08 See MRD 96-00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 2QOPIALOR ACUSRPTE 6 0789R002200150001 -1 (U) implemented the first working version of PsiLine. Bibliographic information and abstracts of the major parapsychological journals from 1970 to the present were entered. During the second year, FY 1987, the main purpose was to add as much material as possible. PsiLine now contains bibliographic information and abstracts of the major parapsychological journals from 1940 to date, complete sets of some of the minor parapsychological journals and_ several parapsychological newsletters, over two thirds of the major English-language books on parapsychology from 1880 to date, articles on parapsychology originally published in a language other than English, and 1,000 relevant articles published in nonparapsychological journals. 6. (U) Objective C, Task 1--Personality and Health Assessments (U) There was no activity on this task during FY 1987 because no new subjects were added to our in-house subject pool. 7. (U) Objective C, Task 2--Analyze Personality Data (U) A purchase order was let for this work to Dr. David R. Saunders of MARS Measurement Associates during the first quarter of FY 1987. Specifically, Dr. Saunders was asked to continue adding new cases to the PAS/psychoenergetic data base both from SRI International and from subcontractor sources, to continue his study of the relationship between the Personality Assessment System (PAS) and the Myers—Briggs Type Indicator (MBT1), and to add known good hypnotic subjects to the data base as a potential basis for selecting hypnotic subjects for psychoenergetic research and hypnosis. (U) No new cases were added from SRI during the year but Dr. Saunders added PAS data on four subjects from Psychophysical Research Laboratories, two subjects from Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, and nine subjects from John F. Kennedy University to the data base. (U) In his work comparing the PAS with the MBTI, Dr. Saunders concluded that MBTI scores could be predicted from the PAS but that predicting PAS scores from MBTI data was not feasible at present. He suggested that predicting potential psychoenergetic function directly from’ the MBTI and then using the PAS to confirm was a better procedure at this time. (U) On the basis of accumulating PAS data on known good hypnotic subjects, Dr. Saunders identified several potential subjects in our current data pool who would be both good hypnotic subjects and good RV subjects. 14 Approved For Release 20b4MOLAS Sd S30 0789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 209 AO€748A 9 S HEE) 00789R002200150001-1 8. (U) Objective C, Task 3--PAS Review (U) During FY 1987 we conducted a thorough review of the (PAS) to gauge its continued usefulness as a screening and selection instrument and a personality descriptor for subjects in the psychoenergetics project. Data for this review came from published articles where the PAS was reviewed or used as a research tool, attendance at the annual PAS conference, and extensive interviews with several of the principal developers. (U) The PAS is a multifactored personality assessment instrument that has been evolving over the past 30 years using behavioral measures as raw data for making inferences and predictions about personality and behavior. The early development work was conducted by John Gittinger and his associates in a private firm that served clients in business and government. During the last 20 years, the test has begun to make small inroads into the academic environment but it remains obscure and controversial. (U) It was concluded that although the PAS appears valid and is receiving growing attention in academic circles, the instrument is currently not useful as a screening and selection device either by itself or in conjunction with self-report measures. It is much too labor intensive to be used alone and it has not been found possible to predict PAS profiles from MBTI data. In addition, any type of screening use would require the testing of more high-quality remote viewers than are available to the project at present. Use of the PAS as a descriptive tool has continuing merit and it is recommended that we continue to test persons who show psychoenergetic abilities on laboratory psychic tasks. 9, (U) Objective D, Task 1 (see Objective G, Task 1) 10. (U) Objective D, Task 2 (see Objective H, Task 3a) 11. (U) Objective E, Task 1--RA Effects on Marine Algae (U) In FY 1986, SRI International awarded a subcontract to the College of Marine Studies of the University of Delaware to conduct remote action experiments using marine algae as target elements. Protocols were developed during that year that would enable SRI to test, with a living system, the Intuitive Data Sorting model. During FY 1987, significant improvement was made to stabilize the data so that standard analysis techniques (e.g., ANOVA) might be used. While much progress was made toward that end, significant auto-correlations persist. Regardless, an attempt was made to generate successful RA. SRI analyzed the data of four participants and found no evidence of RA. 15 Approved For Release cobb foh ASH PED 0789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 209 Q@@748A 9S FEI) 00789R002200150001-1 12. (U) Objective E, Task 2--RA Effects on Human Blood (U) An experiment was conducted by the Mind Science Foundation to study the possible relationship between intent to remotely influence a biological system and actual changes in the system. Three phases of the investigation were conducted, including a pilot study, an intermediate study, and a confirmation study. The first two were used to test and refine the protocol for the third and final study. As a result of these preliminary studies and further input from various experts, the confirmation study appears to have been extremely well conducted. (U) Thirty-two subjects participated in the confirmation study. Their task was to attempt to retard the rate of hemolysis (destruction) of red blood cells that had been placed into a tube of distilled water and saline in a distant room. Each subject participated for one hour, broken into four fifteen-minute periods. Of these four periods, two were identified as control periods and two as protect periods. The experimenter measuring the rate of hemolysis was blind to this condition. During the protect periods, subjects used visualization and other intention strategies to try to protect the blood cells. During the control periods, subjects were to try to think of other matters. In one control and one protect period, eight tubes of blood were processed, and in the other periods two tubes were processed. Subjects were blind to this condition. It was used to attempt to ascertain whether observed effects could be attributed to causal relationships, or to intuitive data sorting. To see whether or not blood source was important, fourteen of the subjects were trying to protect their own blood, and eighteen were trying to protect that of another. Both subject and experimenter were blind as to the source of blood. (U) Results showed that 9 of the 32 subjects were able to achieve a significant difference in the rate of hemolysis for the control periods versus the protect periods. The probability of such an extreme result by chance alone is 1.9 x 10~§. There was no significant difference between those trying to protect their own blood and those trying to protect that of another. (U) The study was designed to try to determine whether causal forces or intuitive data sorting were responsible for any observed psi results. The extreme heterogeneity in the data made it impossible to make that determination. It is recommended that future studies of this type be designed in such a way that data from each subject can be analyzed separately. It appears that level of psychic functioning, whatever the underlying mechanism, is highly individualized, so that it is difficult to test a specific theory using data combined across subjects. 16 Approved For Release cobb ibhfel AcS.945t6430789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 2000G.Mi<eiedbabain 96-00789R002200150001-1 13. (U) Objective F, Task 1--Fundamental Parameters of RV (S/NF) Two different precognition experiments were conducted during FY 1987. The first of these involved a well-calibrated viewer (Viewer 372) and used natural Bay Area sites as targets. Ten real-time and ten precognitive trials (counterbalanced) yielded no statistical evidence for remote viewing. In the second experiment, 4 viewers contributed approximately 30 trials each in a similar counterbalanced real-time versus precognition protocol. In this experiment, however, the target material was photographs from a national magazine. No statistical evidence for remote viewing was observed in this experiment. In a third experiment designed to explore the role of feedback upon remote viewing quality, two of four viewers produced independently highly significant evidence for remote viewing. There was no correlation between the quality of RV and the intensity of the feedback for either of the significant viewers. These data do not generally support the precognition model. To confirm this, we must examine the validity of the assumption that the actual feedback is related to the consciously perceived feedback. In other words, we question what constituted "enough" feedback to saturate the RV signal. 14, (U) Objective F, Task 2--Video Disk Training Technology (U) The FY 1987 effort was aimed at developing a technology for enhancing the acquisition of remote viewing skills. One important factor in the development of a new skill is the ability to practice the skill under conditions similar to a test situation. Until now, practice was a time-consuming effort that required the services of a monitor and an assistant in order to ensure a double-blind protocol. With the advent of video disk technology coupled with the random number capability of a personal computer, it has become possible to develop the capacity to do multiple RV sessions at a single sitting as well as work on specific target features with the ease and timeliness of a forced choice task. (U) Assembling the components of the system involved the purchase of a video camera, a video disk recorder, and a MacIntosh computer. The heart of the system is the video disk recorder, a specialized machine making possible the recording of both static and dynamic targets from a variety of video inputs. Access to any target is on the order of one-half second. Each 10-inch disk can store 24,000 still targets or up to 15 minutes of a motion target. 17 Approved For Release 2000/08 E fk RDP96-00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 2Q9FG UE ASS REE B00 789R002200150001-1 (U) Random access to any single target was programmed via the computer, and a tutorial program was constructed that walked the practicing viewer through an RV session. Using these tools, an individual can randomly select a target from the pool, do a remote viewing session, and receive immediate feedback. (U) The first step in exploring the use of video disk RV training technology was to establish a suitable video target pool. It was discovered that because of some deterioration in picture quality inherent in the recording and playback process, a different set of visual criteria had to be applied to obtain targets that, when copied to the video disk, retained acceptable levels of feedback information. Additional considerations included, for example, finding appropriate target materials to fit within frame parameter constraints, achieving acceptable color, granularity, and focus, etc. After some experimentation, 243 National Geographic Magazine targets were photographed frame by frame onto the video disk to serve as a pilot target pool. (U) One of the best novice viewers from the FY 1986 training group was used to demonstrate the capability of the system. Viewer 137 produced two sets of eight RV responses to each of 16 targets selected randomly by computer. The responses were judged by comparing each response to the eight targets in the set and ranking the response according to the visual correspondence between the response and the eight targets. Analysis of these rankings showed that significant RV occurred in one of the two sets. We concluded that significant RV functioning could be obtained using the video disk format and propose that in coming years this device be employed in conjunction with any proposed training program. In addition to using the video disk technology as a training device, we also formulated a way of applying it to a screening and selection task (see Objective F, Task 7). 15. (U) Objective F, Task 3--Develop and Test RV Training Hypotheses (U) During FY 1987, an informal group of advanced remote viewer trainees and researchers was organized to: (1) discuss variables that may affect the quality limits of RV, (2) conduct practice sessions to maintain the in-house viewers in a state of readiness for formal RV experiments, (3) provide a setting for reinforcing the positive psychological set necessary for consistency of viewers’ effort, and (4) develop experimental protocols designed to test hypotheses generated during discussions. This effort was exploratory in nature and it was agreed that any formal experiment proposals generated would be reviewed by the appropriate primary investigator and the SOC before any formal experimental trials were conducted. (U) The group met weekly during the first half of the year. On the basis of discussions and informally conducted RV sessions, three experiments were proposed. The first 18 Approved For Release ME GbA SR IES 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 2qQ0RqqUp ACYS PPFP £0789R002200150001-1 (U) was designed to test the hypothesis that several RV sessions could be conducted over a period of time without feedback after each session. The purpose of this proposed experiment was to examine what effect lack of feedback would have on subsequent viewing attempts, given the possibility that post-session feedback may not always be available. (U) A second proposed experiment dealt with the issue of different types of target material. Some viewers have reported subjectively different impressions when the task is to view an actual outdoor scene (after which the viewer goes to the scene for feedback) than when the task is to view a photograph of an outdoor scene (following which the viewer is shown the photograph). The specific opinion is that the RV impressions are richer, more varied, and not as limited to visual for actual scenes than for the photographs. It follows that viewer responses might also be more detailed and not as limited to visual impressions. This hypothesis could be tested by conducting a series of viewings where targets are randomly chosen from a pool of outdoor sites and photographs. (U) A third proposal reached the stage of a formal written protocol. It was to test the idea that experienced viewers could perform just as well without a monitor as with a monitor present in the RV session. This experiment was rated as a high priority because if it were successful it would (1) reduce the resources necessary to conduct an RV experiment, (2) eliminate potential monitor cues, and (3) allow multiple viewers to work on the same target at once. (U) Formal work on experiments previously proposed and approved preempted further efforts on these proposals. Advanced viewers spent the second half of the year participating in several experiments with large numbers of remote viewings. Weekly meetings of the group ‘ceased for the remainder of the year. 16. (U) Objective F, Task 4--Develop RV Training Hypothesis (U) This task, originally intended to be fulfilled through a subcontract with Consultants International (CI), was converted to a consulting relationship with the founder of CI, Mr. Gary Langford. During FY 1987, Mr. Langford provided consulting services in two areas: ® Remote Viewing ~ During the year Mr. Langford served as a viewer in approximately 100 RV sessions including practice, exploratory, and pilot work, and served as subject in two major experiments: (1) the Real-Time versus 19 Approved For Release obbBN Gide S 2 HUES 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 200)NBOB ACGSEBPEG0789R002200150001-1 (U) Precognition experiment and (2) the Feedback experiment (see Objective F, Tasks 1a and tb). ® Hypothesis Generation ~ Mr. Langford participated in the meetings with other viewers and researchers contributing to the formulation of testable RV hypotheses. 17. (U) Objective F, Task 5--Investigate RV Stimulus-Response Times (U) Experienced monitors of remote viewing sessions have often come up with hunches as to how to tell when a particular session might be more successful than another. One such hunch has to do with the length of the response latency following the writing of the stimulus word “target.” The hypotheses tested in this pilot study were (1) shorter response latencies produce relatively better RV responses, and (2) better responses are produced when less time is spent producing them. (U) Twenty-four RV sessions from a separate experiment were videotaped. An independent analyst viewed the tapes and measured the response latency following each presentation of the stimulus word “target” with a stopwatch. In addition, the total time elapsed from when the viewer began his tesponse to when he stopped to take a break was recorded. The RV responses were analyzed by figure of merit analysis. The average response latency and the average production time for each presentation of the stimulus word were calculated for each session. Results showed a significant tendency for higher quality viewings both when response latencies were relatively short and when production times were relatively brief. (U) These results also add confirmatory evidence that RV impressions are relatively brief and easily subject to modification by the associational processes of memory and experience. 18. (U) Objective F, Task 6--Investigate Hypnosis as an RV Debriefing Tool (U) It has been assumed that remote viewing information is mediated through subconscious processes and is therefore not readily available to conscious retrieval. Hypnosis has been found to increase the ability of observers to recall information acquired in a variety of circumstances where conscious recall has been blocked (i.e., material was presented subliminally, trauma was associated with the initial perception, or information overload occurred). In the present study, hypnosis was used in an attempt to enhance the data of an RV session. 20 Approved For Release abe Gd AS 2 HED 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 200PNROB ACOSEP PEE) 0789R002200150001-1 (U) The specific hypothesis examined in this study was that hypnotizing a subject following an RV session and giving instructions to recall all the information associated with the just completed RV experience would facilitate the recall of subconscious information blocked from awareness during an RV session. It was hypothesized that hypnosis could provide a significantly better aid in the recovery of unconscious, target-related material following a standard RV session than only a second try at the same target. To test the hypnosis hypothesis (hypnosis condition), a subject was hypnotized following a standard RV session (before feedback was given) and given instructions to remember everything about the target from the just completed session. A second RV session followed. The hypnosis condition was compared to a control condition (proofread condition) where the subject was asked to proofread technical report material following a standard RV session, A second RV session followed the proofreading period. (U) An SRI employee with previous remote viewing and hypnosis experience was used as a viewer in the demonstration. Remote viewing experience included more than one hundred monitored experimental sessions. In addition, the viewer had received certified formal training in the practice of hypnosis. In preliminary testing, the viewer was found to rank in the 92nd percentile equivalent on the Standford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales suggesting high hypnotizability. (U) Targets were individually selected just before an experimental RV session and, while aware of the general nature of the pool, the viewer and experimenter remained blind to the target until after each trial was completed. Twelve targets were randomly selected for 12 experimental trials from a group of 200 National Geographic photographs of natural scenes previously chosen as a pool of potential targets for RV experiments. (U) RV sessions were conducted in the standard way with a monitor present. After the conclusion of the RV session, a computer randomly assigned the session to one of two experimental conditions. In the hypnosis condition, the viewer was assisted into trance by an experienced hypnotist. When appropriate trance depth was achieved, the viewer was guided through a re-experience of the just completed RV session and given post hypnotic suggestions to recall all the information acquired during the session. The trance was terminated after 30 minutes and a second RV session using the same target was conducted. In the proofread condition the viewer was given a technical report to proofread for 30 minutes before a second RV was conducted. Feedback followed the second RV session for each condition. This protocol is shown in Figure 4. 21 Approved For Release odd Seb ASOK5HEDo0789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 200)BOB ACYSRB PE p0789R002200150001-1 Hypnosis Target RV 1 RV 2 randoml + : selected” 15 minutes (30 minutes) 15 minutes Feedback Proofread UNCLASSIFIED FIGURE 4 (U) HYPNOSIS-RV PROTOCOL (U) Two analyses of the responses were performed. The first involved a visual judging of the 24 responses with each response blindly ranked by independent judges against a subset composed of six randomly generated targets from the pool and the actual target.1* Exact p-values from the sum of ranks were then calculated. Under the pre-treatment condition (RV1), the RV quality failed to reach significance. However, the post-treatment sessions (RV2) were independently significant (p < 0.029). Further analysis showed that all the significance was due to the 6 trials in the hypnosis condition ( p < 0.025; n = 6). There was not a significant difference between the proofread and hypnosis conditions. (U) A second analysis of the 24 responses was conducted by another judge to compare the calculation based on a 133-item descriptor list with the results of the visual ranking analysis. The FM for each pre-treatment session (FM1) was subtracted from the FM for the corresponding post-treatment session (FM2) and the resulting difference, AM, was plotted versus FM1. A regression line was computed for both conditions. An F test was performed comparing the “full” model which allows two separate lines, to the “reduced” model in which the lines are the same.2_ The general linear test comparing the two models showed no significant difference between the two conditions—-likely due to the small sample size. (U) The results confirm previous findings that hypnosis can facilitate the acquisition of information not available to sensory processes. Its efficacy may be due in part to the general state of relaxation produced by the process or to the greater right hemisphere involvement thought by some to be a part of the hypnotic experience. These questions should be addressed by continued research in this important area. 19. (U) Objective F, Task 7-—Develop Mass Screening Protocol a. (U) Introduction (U) Current efforts for establishing a core group of talented remote viewers have focused primarily on two major approaches: (1) enhancing RV abilities through the use of 8 (U) References may be found at the end of this report. 22 Approved For Release oN Gds AS 2 EER 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 200 PROB ACOS# BPEL 0789R002200150001 -1 (U) specified training procedures, and (2) screening the population for RV abilities using performance-based psychological instruments (e.g, PAS and the current research into neuropsychological testing). (U) In the first approach, the emphasis has been primarily on enhancing whatever latent RV abilities might be extant in a given subject pool. Talented performers in this context have been largely defined as those who continue over time to demonstrate stable accuracy and reliability in remote viewing within the confines of a single, highly specific RV technology. Therefore, selection of talented subjects is relative to the specific training procedure being employed and may not be related to identifying those individuals who are best on an absolute scale. (U) In the second approach, psychological profiles for known talented viewers are obtained using two methods of psychological screening technology——i.e., the PAS and a battery of neuropsychological tests. In principle, these star subject psychological profiles can then be used as templates for future subject selection, The major limitation of the psychological screening approach centers on the labor-intensive nature of test administration. Unless a meaningful second-order correlation with self-report tests can be effected, the potential for using these methods for screening large populations appears circumscribed. (U) Therefore, a third approach for locating talented individuals is suggested, through the deployment of a standardized and automated procedure that would screen directly for RV abilities in a large population. The following discussion advances some preliminary ideas as to how such a pilot mass screening technology might be optimally designed and deployed. b. (U) Hardware Configuration (U) Initial design considerations for mass screening hardware would include the following: (1) Portability, i.e., the screening unit should be easily deployable in a variety of settings; it must also be durable enough to withstand frequent relocation; (2) Efficiency, i.e., a variety of RV target materials should be rapidly accessible, in order to exercise the range of a given subject’s abilities as efficiently as possible, 23 Approved For Release od GdeAS 5 HEE 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release 2000/U8fpi@eituigalar 96 -00789R002200150001-1 (U) (3) Cost effectiveness, i.e., individual subject session times should be kept manageably brief to facilitate rapid turnover; this approach would also tend to sustain the subject’s interest in the task, thereby maximizing the potential for success in the screening process. (U) A preliminary survey of the extant technology for attaining these objectives indicates that the most feasible option would include a video camera, a video disk recorder, a video monitor, and a MacIntosh computer. The video camera would be used to photograph a variety of target materials for frame-by-frame inclusion on the video disk. Random access to the target photographs would be computer-controlled and therefore very rapid——i.e., on the order of 0.5-second display time. The disk, monitor, and computer would comprise the equipment actually deployed to the screening site. Overall, this equipment is relatively inexpensive, portable, and durable. c. (U) Target Selection (S/NF) A wide variety of target materials should be incorporated onto the disk to exercise the full potential range of the Subject’s abilities. | Candidate target materials would include photographs drawn from the following categories: (1) natural scenes, (2) alphanumerics, (3) technical sites (for operational site Simulation), (4) Zener cards, and (5) the Maimonides target set. A selection of dynamic (i.e., moving video) targets has also been suggested.* A small subset of approximately five targets would be Selected from each category for inclusion on the disk: this would tend to minimize the potential for deviation from prescribed screening procedures; it would also enable greater standardization for RV performance across the screened population. d.  (U) Subject Populations (U) Judicious selection of candidate subject populations is recommended over the less—efficient and more labor-intensive “shotgun” approach. One possible guideline, which has been derived primarily from the observations of RV monitors, is that a certain richness of the subject’s vocabulary may be important for a comprehensive debrief of the RV signal. This would * (U) This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of target categories: some may be deleted or others may beadded as the mass screening protocol is developed, deployed, and refined. The samecaveat applies to other research items mentioned in this discussion. 24 Approved For Release 2000 0S Hee He P96-00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release ASE E STE EB teettS0001 1 SOC Reviewers’ Comments on Objective H, Task 2 (A Quantum Measurement Experiment With A Single Photon Interferometer) (verbatim transcription--not edited) NAME: Brian Skyrms Comments: 1. This experiment aims to test the role of consciousness in the collapse of the wave packet. A resolution of this question would be of considerable philosophical importance and would bear on what sort of physical theories are relevant to other phenomenas investigated by this project. However, I believe that the interpretation of the experiment is controversial and Suggest that the results and discussion be submitted to appropriate physics journal for peer review. 2. Subcontractor’s report (page 23) says the results contradict quantum theory. The discussion under III: summary at results and discussion is better “one of the possible outcomes allowed by q.m.” Recommendation: Yes 11-18-87 NAME: Michael Wartell Comments: 1. Elegant experiment! Design and analysis acceptable. Interesting result and discussion. (Fix report typos.) Recommendation: Yes 11-11-87 A-17 Approved For Release 2PP NPETESA SS FRIES 00789R002200150001-1
Approved For Release UNCP A CSTE ED 200 toot The third category of experiments would be the presentation of multiple stimuli with the subject told to pick one out. As we discussed, the subject could press a button in anticipation of the correct stimuli or other procedures could be used. In any case, the experiment would be conducted in a pretrigger mode with data collected before and after each stimulus presentation to examine the ER's for early components. This and_ the previous experiments have the advantage of time locked signal averaging to improve signal-to-noise. They also have the advantage of allowing many control checks on the data as well as a wealth of existing data both from EEG and MEG. In addition, power spectrum can also be obtained simply be doing FFT's on the ER data if these are desired. Clearly these experiments would want to utilize some of your special subjects. This latter group of experiments would best be done at Los Alamos because we have all of the equipment and paradigms basically available now. This would also have the advantage that we would have the MEG available for localizing the sources of any effects we saw and the subjects would be used to the shielded room environment. It also occurs to me that if any of the experiments involving the alpha or piezo gadgets work out, it would be desirable there also to monitor the brain for distinctive changes and perhaps establish physiological correlates. I hope this is of some use to you. I really enjoyed the meeting in Menlo Park and it would be nice to have future correspondence with you. In any case I will be more than happy to assist you in any way possible. Should I have more thoughts on the subject I will communicate them with you. I hope to hear from you in the near future with your response to this letter. Sincerely, Edward R. Flynn Los Alamos National Laboratory Box 1663, MS D434 Los Alamos, NM 87545 Tel: (505) 667-4746 B-9 Approved For Release 209 NIUE ACYSRPTED) 07 89R002200150001 -1