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Jéssica Plácido

2 papers in the library · publishing 2026

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Brain functional network dynamics in women with alleged mediumship: a controlled study.

Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging June 2026 Jéssica Plácido, Marco Aurélio Vinhosa Bastos, Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira Bastos et al.

The Brain Functional Networks (BFN) approach integrates Electroencephalography, Graph Theory, and Motif Synchronization to identify brain regions that are functionally connected over time, even if spatially distant. This contrasts with previous studies on mediumship. To analyze BFN topological indices during mediumistic trance. Secondary data collected in Campo Grande, Brazil, were analyzed....

Brain activity and the production of written text during mediumistic trance: A controlled EEG study.

PLoS One 2026 Kleber Monteiro Pinto, Thaise G. L. de O. Toutain, Hugo Saba et al.

Mediumistic trance, studied as a cultural phenomenon, is considered an altered state of consciousness with dissociative and non-pathological characteristics. Studies on the effect of this trance state on linguistic performance using electroencephalography (EEG) are still scarce. We investigated the brain electrical activity of mediums using quantitative EEG (qEEG) during writing in waking and...