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The alpha rhythm in the brain. one of the things that's happening in the dreamachine is that your brain is synching to the frequency of the light. the dreamachine was, for me, calming but fascinating. and through thousands of drawings from participants, plus an accompanying online perception census, anil is hoping to learn more about how and why each of us experiences the world differently. the patterns that people see, the colours that people see, the movement that people see, that's very, very tightly linked to the organisation, the wiring, if you like, of the visual cortex in the brain. and...

About how and why each of us experiences the world differently. the patterns that people see, the colours that people see, the movement that people see — that is very, very tightly linked to the organisation, the wiring, if you like, of the visual cortex in the brain. and it seems that what is happening is that by the strobe light activating the visual cortex in a situation where it is not expecting to be activated because your eyes are closed, deep—seated aspects of the wiring of the brain itself kind of surface into our experience. we see reflections and shadows of the brain looking at i...

The patterns that people see, the colours that people see, the movement that people see, that's very, very tightly linked to the organisation, the wiring, if you like, of the visual cortex in the brain. and it seems that what's happening is that by the strobe light activating the visual cortex in a situation where it's not expecting to be activated because your eyes are closed, deep—seated aspects of the wiring of the brain itself kind of surface into our experience. we see reflections and shadows of the brain looking at itself. you felt like you were flying. did you really feel weightless? ...

Is that your brain is sinking to the frequency of the light. the dream machine was, for me, calming but fascinating. and through thousands of drawings from participants, plus an accompanying online perception census, anil is hoping to learn more about how and why each of us experiences the world differently. the patterns that people see, the colours that people see, the movement that people see, that's very, very tightly linked to the organisation, the wiring, if you like, of the visual cortex in the brain. and it seems that what's happening is that by the strobe light activating the visual co...

Oh, yeah. ..i'd love to see actually, which one was i on? and it turns out that romana was spot—on. we use a number of different frequencies in the dreamachine of the flashing light but the frequencies that are most effective are ones that are around ten hertz, ten cycles per second, because that's a similar frequency to what we call the alpha rhythm in the brain. one of the things that's happening in the dreamachine is that your brain is syncing to the frequency of the light. the dreamachine was, for me, calming but fascinating. and through thousands of drawings from participants, plus an a...