Hinterberger, Thilo and von Haugwitz, Anna and Schmidt, Stefan (2016) Does a Healing Procedure Referring to Theta Rhythms Also Generate Theta Rhythms in the Brain? JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, 22 (1). pp. 66-74. ISSN 1075-5535, 1557-7708
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Background/Objectives: ThetaHealing (R) (Vianna Stibal, Kalispell, MT) is a spiritual healing method in which the practitioner and client engage in joint meditations during several healing sessions. It is claimed that these meditation periods are characterized by a theta state in which the presence of theta-waves in the electroencephalograph (EEG) frequency spectrum of both the healer and the client is supposed. This study sought to test this hypothesis as well as the presence of synchronicities in the two EEGs. Methods: Measurements were obtained with a dual EEG system with 2x32 channels, allowing for simultaneous EEG measurements of healer and client. Ten healers and 10 clients performed 10 ThetaHealing sessions while the EEG was measured. Results: Theta frequency band did not increase in healers or in clients. Rather, the contrary was found, with a significant decrease in theta-2 band during healing in healers. Small correlations were seen between the Fourier amplitudes of healer and client in the theta-2 band, as well as small phase synchronicities in theta frequencies. Conclusion: The hypothesis that ThetaHealing is associated with an enhanced generation of theta frequencies in the brain could not be confirmed. This finding makes no claim about whether ThetaHealing is beneficial from a clinical perspective.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | FALSE DISCOVERY RATE; EEG; MEMORY; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2019 12:36 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2019 09:22 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/2214 |
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