The feeling of a presence and verbal meaningfulness in context of temporal lobe function: factor analytic verification of the muses?
Brain and Cognition November 1, 1992 M A Persinger, K Makarec
We hypothesized that the feeling of a presence, particularly during periods of profound verbal creativity (reading or writing prose or poetry), is an endemic cognitive phenomenon. Factor analyses of 12 clusters of phenomenological experiences from 348 men and 520 women supported the hypothesis. We conclude that periods of intense meaningfulness (a likely correlate of enhanced burst-firing in...
DOI: 10.1016/0278-2626(92)90016-f (opens in new tab)
Full text (opens in new tab)
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Temporal lobe
Neural pathways
+14