Acoustic panels
Aluminium box
North Wall
EEG machine measures brain waves
Non-magnetic chair
Isolated floor
1
Walls of the six-sided cage contain coils to produce magnetic fields about as strong as those of the Earth. Combining all three sets of coils allows a magnetic field to be created in any direction
2
Participants sat on a wooden chair in the dark, facing north. Their brain waves were measured using EEG while they experienced a fixed or rotating magnetic field
3
It was found certain changes to the magnetic field triggered a drop in participants’ alpha brain waves. The change is linked to the brain processing information, suggesting humans have magneto-reception
1
Walls of the six-sided cage contain coils to produce magnetic fields about as strong as those of the Earth. Combining all three sets of coils allows a magnetic field to be created in any direction
2
Participants sat on a wooden chair in the dark, facing north. Their brain waves were measured using EEG while they experienced a fixed or rotating magnetic field
3
It was found certain changes to the magnetic field triggered a drop in participants’ alpha brain waves. The change is linked to the brain processing information, suggesting humans have magneto-reception
Aluminium box
North
wall
Acoustic
panels
EEG machine measures brain waves
Non-
magnetic
chair
Isolated floor