Michael Persinger

Persinger attended Carroll College from 1963 to 1964 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1967. He received his M.A. in physiological psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1969 and his Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1971.

Persinger's work focuses on the commonalities that exist between the sciences, and aims to integrate fundamental concepts of various branches of science.{{cite journal |last1 = Persinger |first1 = M. A.|year = 1999 |title = On the nature of space-time in the observation of physical events in science|journal = Perceptual and Motor Skills|pages = 1210–1216|volume = 88 |issue = 3_suppl|doi=10.2466/pms.1999.88.3c.1210|pmid = 10485103|s2cid = 23391338}} He organized the Behavioral Neuroscience Program at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, integrating chemistry, biology, and psychology. Persinger has published hundreds of peer-reviewed academic journal articles.

{{main|God helmet}}Most of Persinger's published articles involved with consciousness have focused on the persistence of experiences reported by individuals who display complex partial epilepsy within the normal population of people who are creative, subject to frequent paranormal experiences, or who have sustained a mild impact of mechanical energy to the cerebrum.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1987|title=Temporal lobe epileptic signs and correlative behaviors displayed by normal populations|journal=The Journal of General Psychology|volume=114|issue=2|pages=179–195|doi=10.1080/00221309.1987.9711068|pmid=3585298}}{{Cite journal|last=Baker-Price|first=Laura|date=2003|title=Intermittent burst-firing weak (1 microtesla) magnetic fields reduce psychometric depression in patients who sustained closed head injuries: a replication and electroencephalographic validation|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=96|issue=3|pages=965–974|doi=10.2466/pms.2003.96.3.965|pmid=12831278|s2cid=30810729}}{{Cite journal|last=Corradini|first=Paula|date=2014|title=Spectral power, source localization and microstates to quantify chronic deficits from 'mild' closed head injury: Correlation with classic neuropsychological tests|journal=Brain Injury|volume=28 |issue=10 |pages=1317–1327|doi=10.3109/02699052.2014.916819|pmid=24841927 }} One of his notable experiments, spanning about three decades, involved a helmet ("the God Helmet"), whereby weak physiologically-patterned magnetic fields were applied across the temporal lobes of hundreds of volunteers. The research received wide media coverage{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10914137/What-God-does-to-your-brain.html|title=What God does to your brain|date=2014-06-20|last1=Smith|first1=Julia Llewellyn}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/holy-post/what-god-does-to-your-brain-controversial-science-of-neurotheology-aims-to-find-out-why-people-have-faith|title=What god does to your brain: Controversial science of neurotheology aims to find out why people have faith|date=2014-06-26}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/1999/11/persinger/|title=This is your brain on god|magazine=Wired|date=November 1999|last1=Hitt|first1=Jack}} with high-profile visitors to Persinger's laboratory including Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins reporting positive{{cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/news/2004/041206/full/news041206-10.html |title=Electrical brainstorms busted as source of ghosts| journal=Nature |date=2004-12-09 |author=Roxanne Khamsi |doi=10.1038/news041206-10|url-access=subscription }} and negative{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml|title=Horizon - God on the Brain|website=www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212174344/https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml|archive-date=12 December 2021}} results respectively.

Experiences often associated with mystical reports such as out-of-body-experiences, intrusive thoughts, and the sensed presence were reported by hundreds of volunteers over decades of studying the phenomenon, which were not associated with the subjects' suggestibility.{{Cite journal|last=St.- Pierre|first=Linda S.|date=2009|title=Experimental facilitation of the sensed presence is predicted by the specific patterns of the applied magnetic fields, not by suggestibility: re-analyses of 19 experiments|journal=International Journal of Neuroscience|volume=116|issue=9|pages=1079–1096|doi=10.1080/00207450600808800|pmid=16861170|s2cid=21117361}}{{Cite journal|last=Tinoco|first=Carlos A.|date=2014|title=Magnetic Stimulation of the Temporal Cortex: A Partial "God Helmet" Replication Study|url=http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/viewFile/361/386|journal=Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research|volume=5|pages=234–257}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=2003|title=The sensed presence within experimental settings: implications for the male and female concept of self|journal=The Journal of Psychology|volume=137|issue=1|pages=5–16|pmid=12661700|doi=10.1080/00223980309600595|s2cid=44618872}}{{Cite journal|last=Booth|first=Nicholas|date=2009|title=Discrete Shifts Within the Theta Band Between the Frontal and Parietal Regions of the Right Hemisphere and the Experiences of a Sensed Presence|journal=Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences|volume=21|issue=3|pages=279–283|doi=10.1176/jnp.2009.21.3.279|pmid=19776307}} Subsequent theory and quantitative electroencephalographic measurements supported the contention that the sensed presence of a "sentient being" could be a normal brain-based prototype for god experiences or related mystical phenomena and was actually the left hemispheric awareness of the right hemispheric equivalent to the left hemispheric sense of self.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=2002|journal=The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease|volume=190|issue=8|pages=533–541|doi=10.1097/00005053-200208000-00006|pmid=12193838|title=Experimental Facilitation of the Sensed Presence: Possible Intercalation Between the Hemispheres Induced by Complex Magnetic Fields|s2cid=28221240}} Similar experiences were reported by people who had applied Todd Murphy's technology.{{Cite journal|last=Tsang|first=E.W.|date=2009|journal=International Journal of Neuroscience|volume=114|issue=8|pages=1013–1024|doi=10.1080/00207450490461323|pmid=15527205|title=Electrophysiological and Quantitative Electroencephalographic Measurements After Treatment by Transcerebral Magnetic Fields Generated by Compact Disc Through a Computer Sound Card: The Shakti Treatment|s2cid=25096212}} However, other researchers either could not replicate or only partially replicated the experimental effects with variations of the helmet.{{Cite journal|last=Andersen|first=M.|date=2014|title=Mystical Experience in the Lab|journal=Method & Theory in the Study of Religion|volume=26|issue=3|pages=217–245|doi=10.1163/15700682-12341323}}{{Cite journal|last=Granqvist|first=P.|date=2005|title=Sensed presence and mystical experiences are predicted by suggestibility, not by the application of transcranial weak complex magnetic fields|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=379|issue=1|pages=1–6|doi=10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.057|pmid=15849873|s2cid=24800593}}{{Cite journal|last=Larsson|first=M.|date=2005|title=Reply to MA Persinger and SA Koren's response to Granqvist et al. "Sensed presence and mystical experiences are predicted by suggestibility, not by the application of transcranial weak magnetic fields|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247090565|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=380|issue=3|pages=348–350|doi=10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.059|s2cid=54348640}} In 2014, Tinoco and colleagues reported an independent replication of an experimental protocol which measured verbal behavior associated with field exposures using the helmet configuration.{{Cite journal|last=Richards|first=Pauline M.|date=1993|title=Modification of activation and evaluation properties of narratives by weak complex magnetic field patterns that simulate limbic burst firing|journal=International Journal of Neuroscience|volume=71|issue=1–4|pages=71–85|doi=10.3109/00207459309000594|pmid=8407157}} In an earlier study by Richards and colleagues, semantic memory was similarly affected by applications of weak magnetic fields over the temporal lobes.{{Cite journal|last=Richards|first=Pauline|date=July 2009|title=Modification of Semantic Memory in Normal Subjects by Application Across the Temporal Lobes of a Weak (1 Microt) Magnetic Field Structure that Promotes Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Slices|journal=Electro- and Magnetobiology|volume=15|issue=2|pages=141–148|doi=10.3109/15368379609009830}}

Regarding Persinger's claims, the psychologist Richard Wiseman has written they have not been replicated and the "scientific jury is unconvinced".Wiseman, Richard. (2011). [http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_haunted_brain/ "The Haunted Brain"]. Csicop.org. Retrieved 2014-10-11. The research has also been criticized by psychologist Craig Aaen-Stockdale, writing in The Psychologist.{{cite journal | journal=The Psychologist | author=Craig Aaen-Stockdale | title=Neuroscience for the Soul | url=http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=25&editionID=215&ArticleID=2097 | year=2012 | volume=25 | issue=7 | pages=520–523}} Other researchers have criticized Persinger for insufficient double-blinding and argued that there was no physiologically plausible mechanism by which his device could affect the brain.{{cite journal|last2=Fredrikson|first2=M|last3=Unge|first3=P|last4=Hagenfeldt|first4=A|last5=Valind|first5=S|last6=Larhammar|first6=D|last7=Larsson|first7=M|year=2005|title=Sensed presence and mystical experiences are predicted by suggestibility, not by the application of transcranial weak complex magnetic fields|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=379|issue=1|pages=1–6|doi=10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.057|pmid=15849873|last1=Granqvist|first1=P|s2cid=24800593}}

• {{cite news |author=Roxanne Khamsi |date=9 December 2004 |title=Electrical brainstorms busted as source of ghosts |work=BioEd Online |url=http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=1424 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627062649/http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=1424 |archive-date=2006-06-27}}{{cite journal|year=2012|title=Neuroscience for the Soul|url=http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=25&editionID=215&ArticleID=2097|journal=The Psychologist|volume=25|issue=7|pages=520–523|quote=the magnetic fields generated by the God helmet are far too weak to penetrate the cranium and influence neurons within. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses field strengths of around 1.5 tesla in order to induce currents strong enough to depolarise neurons through the skull and cause them to fire. Persinger's apparatus, on the other hand has a strength ... 5000 times weaker than a typical fridge magnet. Granqvist argues that there is simply no way that this apparatus is having any meaningful effect on the brain, and I'm inclined to agree.|author=Craig Aaen-Stockdale}} Persinger responded that the researchers had an incorrect computer setup{{cite journal|last2=Persinger|first2=MA|year=2006|title=Experimental facilitation of the sensed presence is predicted by the specific patterns of the applied magnetic fields, not by suggestibility: re-analyses of 19 experiments.|journal=International Journal of Neuroscience|volume=116|issue=9|pages=1079–96|doi=10.1080/00207450600808800|pmid=16861170|last1=St-Pierre|first1=LS|s2cid=21117361}}
• {{cite web |author=M. A. Persinger |date=31 January 2005 |title=The Granqvist Group and Politics of the Sensed Presence: The Importance of Frequent InterLaboratory Communication |website=Laurentian University |url=http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/Behavioural+Neuroscience/Correspondence/Granqvist+Group+and+Politics+of+Sensed+Presence.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112203814/http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/Behavioural+Neuroscience/Correspondence/Granqvist+Group+and+Politics+of+Sensed+Presence.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA |archive-date=2010-11-12}} and that many of his previous experiments were indeed carried out double-blind. Both claims are disputed.{{citation|title=Reply to M.A. Persinger and S. A. Koren's response to Granqvist et al. "Sensed presence and mystical experiences are predicted by suggestibility, not by the application of transcranial weak magnetic fields"|year=2005 |author=Larsson, M. |author2=Larhammarb, D. |author3=Fredrikson, M. |author4=Granqvist, P.|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=380|issue=3|pages=348–350|doi=10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.059|s2cid=54348640}}

One of Persinger's lifelong endeavors has been to establish a mechanism underlying geophysical-behavioral correlates using experimental simulations.{{Cite journal|last=Mulligan|first=Bryce|date=2012|title=Experimental simulation of the effects of sudden increases in geomagnetic activity upon quantitative measures of human brain activity: Validation of correlational studies|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=516|issue=1|pages=54–56|doi=10.1016/j.neulet.2012.03.054|pmid=22484013|s2cid=21411641}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=2014|title=Infrasound, human health, and adaptation: an integrative overview of recondite hazards in a complex environment|journal=Natural Hazards|volume=70|issue=1 |pages=501–525|doi=10.1007/s11069-013-0827-3|doi-access=free|bibcode=2014NatHa..70..501P }}{{Cite journal|last=Michon|first=A.L.|date=1997|title=Experimental simulation of the effects of increased geomagnetic activity upon nocturnal seizures in epileptic rats|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=224|issue=1|pages=53–56|doi=10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13446-2|pmid=9132690|s2cid=769415}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=June 1995|title=Vestibular experiences of humans during brief periods of partial sensory deprivation are enhanced when daily geomagnetic activity exceeds 15-20 nT|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=194|issue=1–2|pages=69–72|pmid=7478216|doi=10.1016/0304-3940(95)11729-g|s2cid=22416490}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1999|title=Wars and increased solar-geomagnetic activity: Aggression or change in intraspecies dominance?|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=88|issue=3 Pt 2|pages=1351–1355|doi=10.2466/pms.1999.88.3c.1351|pmid=10485122|s2cid=23787565}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=2001|title=Geophysical variables and behavior: CIV. Power-frequency magnetic field transients (5 MicroTesla) and reports of haunt experiences within an electronically dense house|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=92|issue=3|pages=673–674|doi=10.2466/pms.2001.92.3.673|pmid=11453191|s2cid=8112539}}{{Cite journal|last=Suess|first=L.A.H.|date=2001|title=Geophysical variables and behavior: XCVI. "Experiences" attributed to christ and mary at marmora, ontario, canada may have been consequences of environmental electromagnetic stimulation: Implications for religious movements|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=93|issue=2|pages=435–450|doi=10.2466/pms.2001.93.2.435|pmid=11769900|s2cid=40199991}} {{Anchor|Tectonic Strain Theory}}The Tectonic Strain Theory (TST) developed by Persinger and John S. Derr predicted that luminous phenomena and associated physical effects were produced by manifestations of tectonic strain that often precede by weeks to months seismic events within the region.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=1990|title=Geophysical Variables and Behavior: LXII. Temporal Coupling of UFO Reports and Seismic Energy Release within the Rio Grande Rift System: Discriminative Validity of the Tectonic Strain Theory|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=71|issue=2|pages=567–572|doi=10.2466/pms.1990.71.2.567|s2cid=145552191}} Persinger argues that the labeling of these manifestations such as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) has changed over the centuries and reflects the characteristics of the culture despite a common mechanism.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1984|title=Prediction of historical and contemporary luminosity (UFO) reports by seismic variables within Western Europe|journal=Experientia|volume=40|issue=7|pages=676–681|doi=10.1007/BF01949720|s2cid=35229558}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1984|title=Geophysical variables and human behavior: XVIII. Expected perceptual characteristic and local distributions of close UFO reports|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=58|issue=3|pages=951–959|doi=10.2466/pms.1984.58.3.951|s2cid=143453998}} The support for the theory was primarily correlational.{{Cite journal|last=Derr|first=J.S.|date=1986|title=Luminous phenomena and earthquakes in southern Washington|journal=Experientia|volume=42|issue=9|pages=991–999|doi=10.1007/BF01940703|s2cid=39104204}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1990|title=The tectonic strain theory as an explanation for UFO phenomena: A non-technical review of the research, 1970-1990|journal=Journal of UFO Studies|volume=2|pages=105–137}}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|date=1990|title=Geophysical variables and behavior: LXII. Temporal coupling of UFO reports and seismic energy release within the rio grande rift system: Discriminative validity of the tectonic strain theory|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=71|issue=6|pages=567–572|doi=10.2466/pms.1990.71.2.567 }}{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael|title=Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXIV. Man-made fluid injections into the crust and reports of luminous phenomena (UFO reports) - is the strain field an aseismically propagating hydrological pulse?|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=77|issue=3_suppl|pages=1059–1065|doi=10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1059|year=1993|s2cid=144625362}} Persinger considered the temporal contiguity of reports of unidentified luminous phenomena preceding local seismicity due to injections of fluids a quasi-experimental support for the hypothesis. Alternative models, developed by Persinger and David Vares, were quantified for interaction between quantum values and specific magnitude earthquakes, global climate variations, interactions with population densities, discrete energies as mediators of disease, and processes by which human cognition could be covertly affected by Schumann Resonances and geomagnetic activity.{{Cite journal|last=Vares|first=David|date=2015|title=Correlations between US county annual cancer incidence and population density|journal=American Journal of Cancer Research|volume=5|issue=11|pages=3467–3474|pmid=26807326|pmc=4697692}}

Persinger has stated that he studies parapsychological phenomena because "the ultimate subject matter of science is the unknown". He believes that verifiable spontaneous and experimental types of parapsychological phenomena are physical and associated with non-local interactions between human brain activity and geophysical processes. For example, he claimed that the moderate strength correlation between geomagnetic activity at the time of a precognitive experience and what the geomagnetic activity would be two to three days before the event indicated that energetic antecedents before the event, not the event itself, was being discerned.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=1988|title=Increased geomagnetic activity and the occurrence of bereavement hallucinations: Evidence for melatonin-mediated microseizuring in the temporal lobe?|journal=Neuroscience Letters|volume=88|issue=3|pages=271–274|doi=10.1016/0304-3940(88)90222-4|pmid=3386872|s2cid=897987}} During the 1980s, Persinger stated that both experimental and spontaneous cases of "telepathy and clairvoyance ("remote viewing") were more likely when the global geomagnetic activity was lower than the days before or afterwards.{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=1985|title=Geophysical Variables and Behavior: XXX. Intense Paranormal Experiences Occur during Days of Quiet, Global, Geomagnetic Activity|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=61|pages=320–322|doi=10.2466/pms.1985.61.1.320|s2cid=144343681}} Measurement of the brain activity of "psychic" individuals such as Ingo Swann{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=2002|title=Remote Viewing with the Artist Ingo Swann: Neuropsychological Profile, Electroencephalographic Correlates, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Possible Mechanisms|journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills|volume=94|issue=3|pages=927–949|doi=10.2466/pms.2002.94.3.927|pmid=12081299|s2cid=14168257}} and Sean Harribance{{Cite journal|last=Persinger|first=Michael A.|date=2012|title=Protracted parahippocampal activity associated with Sean Harribance|journal=International Journal of Yoga|volume=5|issue=2|pages=140–145|pmc=3410194|pmid=22869999|doi=10.4103/0973-6131.98238 |doi-access=free }} revealed unusual electrical brain patterns in the right hemisphere (parahippocampal region), increased photon emissions from the right cerebral hemisphere, and small decreases in the intensity of the geomagnetic field when the details of their experiences were most accurate.

In 2016, Persinger was controversially removed as the instructor of a first-year psychology course. Laurentian's provost objected to Persinger's having asked students to sign a statement of understanding that vulgar language might be used in the class. The statement included examples such as "the F-word, homophobic slurs and offensive slang for genitalia".

One of my techniques is to expose people to all types of different words . . . silly words, complex words, emotional words, profane words. Because they influence how you make decisions and how you think.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/persinger-psychology-class-1.3389410|title=Laurentian University professor removed for asking students to agree to profane language}}- CBC News, January 4, 2016

The Laurentian University Faculty Association filed a grievance against the school for violating Persinger's academic freedom. Current and former students also protested the administration's decision.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/06/students-rally-in-defence-of-controversial-laurentian-university-professor.html|title=Students rally in defence of controversial Laurentian University professor|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=2016-01-06|last1=Spurr|first1=Ben}} The grievance was heard on October 30, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario and on November 6, 2019, a decision was rendered by Arbitrator Kevin Burkett that Dr. Persinger was improperly removed from teaching PSYC 1105 EL in December 2015. As a result of Dr. Persinger's grievance, "In the future, Laurentian University is required to engage in a consultative process which shall include full consideration of the Collective Agreement principles including academic freedom, health and safety of the University Community, the rights, responsibilities and duties of academics and the right to a full and proper investigation".

Persinger died on August 14, 2018, at the age of 73.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/michael-persinger-obit-1.4786334|title=Laurentian University's Michael Persinger, human brain researcher, dies|publisher=CBC|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 16, 2018}}

• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = ELF and VLF electromagnetic field effects| year = 1974| publisher = Plenum Press| location = New York| isbn = 978-0-306-30826-0 }}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = The paranormal| year = 1974| publisher = MSS Information Corp.| location = New York| isbn = 978-0-8422-5212-6 }}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = Space-time transients and unusual events| year = 1977| publisher = Nelson-Hall| location = Chicago| isbn = 978-0-88229-334-9 }}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = The weather matrix and human behavior| year = 1980| publisher = Praeger| location = New York| isbn = 978-0-03-057731-4 }}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = TM and Cult Mania| year = 1980| publisher = Christopher Pub. House| location = North Quincy Mass.| isbn = 978-0-8158-0392-8 | title-link = TM and Cult Mania}}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = Neuropsychological bases of God beliefs| year = 1987| publisher = Praeger| location = Westport| isbn = 978-0-275-92648-9 }}
• {{cite book| last = Persinger| first = Michael| title = Climate, buildings and behaviour| year = 1988| publisher = Institute of Winnipeg| location = Winnipeg| isbn = 978-0-920213-60-5 }}
• {{cite book| last1 = Persinger| first1 = Michael| last2 = Dadsetan| first2 = Parirokh| last3 = Jahangiri| first3 = Hamideh| title = Encyclopedia of Psychological Testing, Assessment & Treatment Volume 1 (A-L)| year = 2020| publisher = Scholar's Press| location = Latvia, European Union| isbn = 978-613-8-94244-3 }}
• {{cite book| last1 = Persinger| first1 = Michael| last2 = Dadsetan| first2 = Parirokh| last3 = Jahangiri| first3 = Hamideh| title = Encyclopedia of Psychological Testing, Assessment & Treatment Volume 2 (M-Z)| year = 2020| publisher = Scholar's Press| location = Latvia, European Union| isbn = 978-613-8-93134-8 }}

• Electromagnetic theories of consciousness
• Neurotheology

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• [http://persingerpublications.com/ Persinger's publications page]
• [http://laurentian.ca/faculties/detail/mpersinger Persinger's webpage at Laurentian University]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215202/http://oldwebsite.laurentian.ca/neurosci/_files/MAP%20CV%202005.pdf Persinger's C.V.] (PDF)
• [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/persinger.html Wired Article] about Persinger, July 11, 1999
• [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/20/c2291.html Laurentian University's Michael Persinger wins TVO's 2007 Big Ideas' Best Lecturer Competition]
• [http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml BBC article on "God on brain"]

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