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Do Humans Have an Internal Compass?
- Published_at:2019-03-18
- Category:Education
- Channel:Veritasium
- tags: veritasium magnetoreception magnetic fields humans compass detect navigate navigation magnetism geomagnetic field brain wave alpha wave eeg response stimulus internal compass
- description: Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus. For more, see https://ve42.co/magneto Huge thanks to: Prof. Shinsuke Shimojo, Connie Wang, and Isaac Hilburn, plus Prof. Joe Kirschvink. Their lab: https://ve42.co/maglab Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Donal Botkin, James M Nicholson, Michael Krugman, Nathan Hansen, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd Additional filming by Whitney Clavin
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