Shakti Sessions can Make Use Of A Wave form derived from the Hippocampus.
Unless your Hippocampus is 'Reversed', you should only apply the 'Hippocampal'
wave form on the right side.
The hippocampus is a very cognitive structure - it 'thinks', though not on it's
own. It's been called the brain's 'contextualization engine'. It puts things in context, and that means everything.
On the left, it thinks in words, and on the right, it thinks in ways that cannot be expressed in words, including
colors, melodys, chords, symbols, and more.
Question:
What does the Hippocampus do?
It turns short-term memories into long-term ones.
This is one of the best-understood hippocampal functions.
See any neurology text or even an encyclopedia listing for the hippocampus
It recognizes objects
Wood,
Emma, R. ; Mumby, Dave G. Pinel, John P.J.; Phillips, Anthony G. "Impaired Object Recognition Memory in Rats
following ischemia-induced damage to the hippocampus" Behavioral
Neuroscience v107, n1 (Feb, 1993) : 51 (12 pages)
It helps us do "Cognition", both verbal and nonverbal.
Muller,
Robert U.; "The Hippocampus as a cognitive Graph." Journal
of General Physiology v107 n6 (June, 1996) : 663
(32 pages)
It processes music, and recognizes patterns.
This is one of the better-understood hippocampal functions.
See any neurology text or even an encyclopedia listing for the hippocampus for more information
It responds to childhood abuse as it grows.
(The left hippocampus is typically 12% smaller than the right in childhood abuse victims.)
Bremner,
J. Douglas; Randal, Penny; Vermetten, Eric; Staib, Lawrence; et.al. "Magnetic Resonance imaging-based measurement
of hippocampal volume in post traumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse: A preliminary
Report." Biological Psychiatry, 1997, Jan, v41 (n1) : 23-32
It helps us to remember faces.
, Gary, Smith, Michael E, Halogen, Eric. "Neural
Encoding of individual words and faces by the human hippocampus and amygdala." Nature, v333,
n6175 (June 23, 1988) : 773 (3 pages)
It retrieves long-term memories of events and places
Kesner,
Raymond P. "An attribute analysis of memory: The role of the Hippocampus." Physiological Pychologgy,
1980, Jun, v8, (n2) : 189-197
It atrophies under stress
Sapolsky,
Robert M. "Why stress is bad for your brain" Science, 1996, Aug, v273 (n5276) : 749-750
It supports the experience of novelty, so that new things
are exciting.
Knight,
Robert T, "Contribution of the Human Hippocampus to novelty detection" Nature, 1996, Sep, v383 (n6597)
: 256-259
On the left, it helps with verbal learning.
Lee,
Gregory P. Loring, David W. Smith, Joseph R.; Flanigan, Herman F., "Material specific learning during electrical
stimulation of the Human Hippocampus." Cortex 1990 sep v26 (n3) : 433-442
On the right, it helps spatial learning.
Bower,
B. "Brain region takes a hack at navigation. (Navigational information is processed in the right hippocampus...)
Science News v152 n13 (sept 27, 1997) : 198
On the right, it produces pleasant experiences under magnetic signal
stimulation (including inner visual imagery in some subjects)
Persinger,
Michael A., ; Richards, Pauline M.; Koren, Stanley A. "Differential ratings of pleasantness following right
and left application of low-energy magnetic fields that stimulate long-term potentiation" International journal of neuroscience , 1994 Dec, v79 )n3-4) : 191-197 -and- Unpublished lab results
Additional Information:
Use of the Hippocampal signal can sometimes create headaches and
lethargy.
These are temporary effects, called 'metabolic
snapback', that occurs when sessions are done once a week. These
are more a sensation of presure, than a normal headache. They do not recurr after the third or fourth weekly session,
and they respond to common over-the-counter headache medicines.
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