1 00:00:06,410 --> 00:00:03,679 so most of the time you end up with the 2 00:00:08,839 --> 00:00:06,420 meat of the talk at the end when there's 3 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:08,849 no time left so I put at the beginning 4 00:00:15,470 --> 00:00:11,190 so you got time to digest a little bit 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:15,480 and essentially here there's a couple of 6 00:00:20,029 --> 00:00:17,130 terms that you may not be familiar with 7 00:00:22,310 --> 00:00:20,039 the quantum nesting of rhythms being one 8 00:00:24,109 --> 00:00:22,320 of them during the talk you may want to 9 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:24,119 pay attention to things about cross 10 00:00:29,419 --> 00:00:26,910 spectral correlation and nesting of 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:29,429 rhythms because this is a key portion of 12 00:00:36,530 --> 00:00:33,530 the model and it also suggests that 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:36,540 there are two entities one being the 14 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:39,210 mind one being what we typically think 15 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:42,000 of as the brain and the neural aspect of 16 00:00:46,940 --> 00:00:44,910 the brain and the consciousness here is 17 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:46,950 an emergent property as opposed to an 18 00:00:57,220 --> 00:00:53,550 entity unto itself and here i will be 19 00:01:01,099 --> 00:00:57,230 using the term the mind for things like 20 00:01:05,030 --> 00:01:01,109 intention attention motivation covert 21 00:01:09,620 --> 00:01:05,040 states not externally behaviorally 22 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:09,630 observable and these in neurology which 23 00:01:17,359 --> 00:01:13,670 is where i come from basically have a 24 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:17,369 rich history of being monitored the 25 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:20,570 ability to intend or attend or 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:24,000 motivational aspects and perceptual set 27 00:01:30,969 --> 00:01:27,210 can all be identified as direct current 28 00:01:33,289 --> 00:01:30,979 field potentials within the the EEG 29 00:01:35,899 --> 00:01:33,299 classically you can go back to the 30 00:01:38,179 --> 00:01:35,909 literature the term right shafts 31 00:01:41,270 --> 00:01:38,189 potential is associated with the 32 00:01:43,340 --> 00:01:41,280 intention to move will show you some 33 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:43,350 data on this as opposed to just talking 34 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:47,790 and when we talk about the brain the 35 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:50,490 neuro brain here I'm going to 36 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:52,350 specifically refer to neural networks 37 00:01:58,580 --> 00:01:54,290 because that's how the brain works in 38 00:02:03,020 --> 00:01:58,590 distributed networks and here gamma is 39 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:03,030 an eg frequency that emerges from bound 40 00:02:08,270 --> 00:02:03,900 network 41 00:02:12,350 --> 00:02:08,280 so the gist of the model is that when 42 00:02:15,310 --> 00:02:12,360 the mind which is glial and the neural 43 00:02:18,170 --> 00:02:15,320 networks which you can see as gamma 44 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:18,180 interact consciousness is the emergent 45 00:02:25,220 --> 00:02:20,550 property now you may think that this is 46 00:02:29,630 --> 00:02:25,230 a wild leap of faith to even discuss 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:29,640 however you'll notice that there's the 48 00:02:36,170 --> 00:02:32,970 FDA that has actually approved a medical 49 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:36,180 device that's been used for well over a 50 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:38,670 decade now called the by spectral 51 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:41,270 monitor that's used to titrate 52 00:02:47,570 --> 00:02:45,090 anesthesia in as of five years ago they 53 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:47,580 had done over 9 million surgeries where 54 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:50,130 the anaesthetic was titrated based on 55 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:52,590 the relationship between DC field 56 00:02:57,530 --> 00:02:54,990 potentials and gamma that's the secret 57 00:03:01,130 --> 00:02:57,540 formula within their little patented box 58 00:03:02,570 --> 00:03:01,140 that you get a little dumb down box it 59 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:02,580 gives you a number from zero to a 60 00:03:06,830 --> 00:03:05,190 hundred they and you hover them in the 61 00:03:09,710 --> 00:03:06,840 right range and and you have a good 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:09,720 surgical outcome so this this isn't 63 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:13,290 radical or a wild theory it's actually 64 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:18,450 the heart of a medical device and when I 65 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:22,320 talk about gulia being the source of DC 66 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:25,410 field potentials and gamma emerging from 67 00:03:32,060 --> 00:03:30,209 bound networks this is not my opinion 68 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:32,070 this is actually the position paper of 69 00:03:36,610 --> 00:03:33,810 the International Federation of clinical 70 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:36,620 neurophysiology so this isn't a wild 71 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:39,570 statement either but very well 72 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:42,630 documented the position paper on EEG 73 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:44,550 generators was published in nineteen 74 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:48,630 ninety by a large group headed by stereo 75 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:51,900 tea who unfortunately has passed but 76 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:53,340 they haven't reinvented the brain since 77 00:04:01,729 --> 00:03:56,970 1990 so luckily the position paper still 78 00:04:04,090 --> 00:04:01,739 appears to be fairly valid so the DC 79 00:04:10,699 --> 00:04:04,100 field potentials literally can modulate 80 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:10,709 neural networks you actually can turn on 81 00:04:16,030 --> 00:04:14,609 or off brain areas using the DC field 82 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:16,040 potentials 83 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:22,250 control the AC EEG the alternating 84 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:24,290 currents that you see as the EEG the 85 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:27,050 oscillatory patterns that we print out 86 00:04:32,020 --> 00:04:29,450 on paper when we still killed trees to 87 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:32,030 do eegees and now it's all digital and 88 00:04:36,510 --> 00:04:33,950 we don't put it on paper typically 89 00:04:38,950 --> 00:04:36,520 unless somebody needs a report and 90 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:38,960 voluntary control over these direct 91 00:04:43,270 --> 00:04:40,490 current field potentials is well 92 00:04:46,060 --> 00:04:43,280 established you can do neurofeedback 93 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:46,070 which can be seen as slow cortical 94 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:48,470 potential training this has been done 95 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:53,090 since the early 1970s in Europe 96 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:55,970 typically the United States most of the 97 00:04:59,740 --> 00:04:57,710 neurofeedback people threw away the slow 98 00:05:01,240 --> 00:04:59,750 cortical potentials as an artifact and 99 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:01,250 in Europe they threw away the 100 00:05:05,620 --> 00:05:03,290 alternating current EEG is an artifact 101 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:05,630 so and until you actually get both of 102 00:05:11,430 --> 00:05:07,070 those together you don't really see how 103 00:05:14,590 --> 00:05:11,440 the brain works to create consciousness 104 00:05:17,380 --> 00:05:14,600 yoga and that type of an approach 105 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:17,390 literally can give you voluntary control 106 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:21,830 over the DC field potentials and I I've 107 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:23,900 actually published in a MEDLINE listed 108 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:28,760 journal yogi from Japan who came over 109 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:30,410 and stuck skewers through his neck and 110 00:05:35,980 --> 00:05:33,890 his tongue experiencing no pain and I 111 00:05:37,930 --> 00:05:35,990 identified the mechanism of turning off 112 00:05:40,210 --> 00:05:37,940 the somatosensory strip using the direct 113 00:05:43,450 --> 00:05:40,220 current field potentials as the trick 114 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:43,460 that he had learned through decades and 115 00:05:50,530 --> 00:05:47,930 decades and decades of practice and he's 116 00:05:53,650 --> 00:05:50,540 quite good at it it's not a fakir who 117 00:05:56,830 --> 00:05:53,660 does sticks all the time he does this on 118 00:05:59,710 --> 00:05:56,840 rare occasion and I actually show you a 119 00:06:01,150 --> 00:05:59,720 little bit of that and this isn't some 120 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:01,160 esoteric thing that requires 121 00:06:07,870 --> 00:06:04,880 neurofeedback or extensive yoga training 122 00:06:10,450 --> 00:06:07,880 in order to do when you simply shift 123 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:10,460 your attention you literally are 124 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:13,610 shifting your DC field potentials when 125 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:16,010 you pay attention to your feet and then 126 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:19,040 your hands and then your face you can 127 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:21,230 literally track the DC field potentials 128 00:06:26,350 --> 00:06:24,260 from the location the homunculus the 129 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:26,360 somatosensory strip from the feet to the 130 00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:29,630 hand to the face and I'll show you 131 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:32,150 a small example of that as well and then 132 00:06:38,980 --> 00:06:35,770 you can also control these exogenously 133 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:38,990 DC field potentials can be manipulated 134 00:06:43,390 --> 00:06:42,050 using a variety of techniques one of 135 00:06:45,790 --> 00:06:43,400 them that works very nicely as 136 00:06:48,790 --> 00:06:45,800 transcranial direct current stimulation 137 00:06:51,190 --> 00:06:48,800 you can take a 3 volt battery and a 138 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:51,200 couple of wires and literally modulate 139 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:52,970 the brain function under the appropriate 140 00:06:58,630 --> 00:06:56,120 electrodes the anode will increase brain 141 00:07:00,580 --> 00:06:58,640 activity it modulates an increase or 142 00:07:04,150 --> 00:07:00,590 decrease of about forty percent in the 143 00:07:07,230 --> 00:07:04,160 the cortical function and essentially 144 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:07,240 this is shifting the basal membrane DC 145 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:10,850 negativity and as you enhance the amount 146 00:07:16,210 --> 00:07:13,190 of negativity if you put the anode which 147 00:07:18,130 --> 00:07:16,220 is the + electrode above an area you're 148 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:18,140 literally increasing the negativity of 149 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:20,570 the basal membrane and turning on that 150 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:22,880 brain area enhancing the amount of gamma 151 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:27,110 and beta content in the area I told you 152 00:07:32,140 --> 00:07:28,490 I'd show you something with attentional 153 00:07:35,380 --> 00:07:32,150 shifts here we we actually have an 154 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:35,390 example of somebody staring at a dot but 155 00:07:39,970 --> 00:07:37,490 paying attention with the flashlight as 156 00:07:42,370 --> 00:07:39,980 they say of attention to the left 157 00:07:43,420 --> 00:07:42,380 hemifield in the right side of the back 158 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:43,430 of the head lights up with 159 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:46,250 electronegativity if you then don't move 160 00:07:50,140 --> 00:07:48,320 the eyes you keep focusing on the dot 161 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:50,150 but you shift your attention to the 162 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:52,610 right side it lights up the left side of 163 00:07:56,050 --> 00:07:53,690 the back your head with more 164 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:56,060 electronegativity so simply shifting 165 00:08:00,130 --> 00:07:58,370 attention but folk keeping your visual 166 00:08:01,870 --> 00:08:00,140 focus on an area but shifting your 167 00:08:03,940 --> 00:08:01,880 attention from one hemifield to the 168 00:08:06,490 --> 00:08:03,950 other can shift the DC negative 169 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:06,500 potentials within the brain in a very 170 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:11,360 dramatic dynamic fashion this is calico 171 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:16,250 me whose Kundalini Yoga expert he's got 172 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:17,930 a big school of people in Japan that 173 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:21,650 follow him this was actually him on 174 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:23,450 stage with his physiology being 175 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:26,330 projected onto the wall behind him as he 176 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:29,410 skewered his neck through an out-and-out 177 00:08:34,690 --> 00:08:32,300 kind of up with a barbecue skewer this 178 00:08:36,830 --> 00:08:34,700 was not a sharpened instrument and and 179 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:36,840 although people who are going 180 00:08:41,690 --> 00:08:39,690 you know when I present this at a 181 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:41,700 university usually they go yeah well 182 00:08:46,130 --> 00:08:43,200 pierced something important and then 183 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:46,140 we'll get attention you know so so this 184 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:47,610 this is really not that dramatic two 185 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:49,800 younger folks but I can seize people in 186 00:08:56,390 --> 00:08:51,240 the audience you're squirming a little 187 00:08:58,850 --> 00:08:56,400 bit so this is culturally less 188 00:09:01,100 --> 00:08:58,860 appropriate for this grouping and some 189 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:01,110 at the University where piercings are 190 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:05,130 not at all uncommon and the this was 191 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:09,030 actually in hasselt Belgium and the 192 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:11,250 press was there and they want to make 193 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:13,050 sure he didn't have a pre pierced tone 194 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:14,670 so he pulled his tongue out and they 195 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:17,310 they looked for prior pierce marks and 196 00:09:21,860 --> 00:09:19,770 so forth and it was wasn't there wag his 197 00:09:25,310 --> 00:09:21,870 tongue at the camera you know is really 198 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:25,320 quite a joker and literally his trick is 199 00:09:29,540 --> 00:09:27,690 to drop the DC negativity towards 200 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:29,550 electropositive turning off the 201 00:09:34,930 --> 00:09:32,850 alternating current EEG and at that 202 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:34,940 point he does the stick turns the 203 00:09:39,830 --> 00:09:37,770 somatosensory strip back on because once 204 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:39,840 it's stuck in it doesn't hurt and he can 205 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:43,050 sit there and and on stage demonstrate 206 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:44,730 the fact that he actually had no 207 00:09:49,730 --> 00:09:46,710 experience of pain no change in muscle 208 00:09:51,770 --> 00:09:49,740 tension no electrodermal activity which 209 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:51,780 electrodermal activity if you you're 210 00:09:56,390 --> 00:09:54,000 familiar with that if you clap your hand 211 00:09:57,980 --> 00:09:56,400 next to somebody or ask them to think