Biomagnetism is the phenomenon of magnetic fields produced by living organisms; it is a subset of bioelectromagnetism. In contrast, organisms’ use of magnetism in navigation is magnetoception and the study of the magnetic fields’ effects on organisms is magnetobiology.

The origin of the word biomagnetism is unclear, but seems to have appeared several hundred years ago, linked to the expression “animal magnetism”. The present scientific definition took form in the 1970s, when an increasing number of researchers began to measure the magnetic fields produced by the human body. The first valid measurement was actually made in 1963, but the field of research began to expand only after a low-noise technique was developed in 1970. Today the community of biomagnetic researchers does not have a formal organization, but international conferences are held every two years, with about 600 attendees. Most conference activity centers on the MEG (magnetoencephalogram), the measurement of the magnetic field of the brain.

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Human Electromagnetic Field III

Human Electromagnetism: Frontiers and Theories

A brief selection and description of missing parts of the puzzle regarding human electromagnetism theories.

The Human Electromagnetic Field – II

Revision of the main organs and systems of the human body that create electromagnetic forces, such as the heart, the brain, and the gut.
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Magnetic Properties of Healing Touch Therapy

Analysis of the biomagnetic properties happening during a Healing Touch session, also relating them to the patients' and also the healers' experiences.
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Updating the Traditional Human Senses

Nowadays, it is inaccurate to determine that the human body has only 5 senses. So here is a brief list that goes from proprioception to psychic phenomena.
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The Magnetic Neuromelanin Matrix

Neuromelanin is known to have detoxifying properties by sequestering heavy metals, and it seems to display them in a tri-dimensional magnetic matrix.
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Biofields and Consciousness Systems

The brain and the heart are the principal low-frequency waves generators in the body, and there is a clear exchange of energy and/or information through these frequencies. Furthermore, the enteric nervous system has been recognized as “the second brain”.
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Neuromelanin rising

At one of the far corners of tyrosine's methabolic pathway lays neuromelanin, a molecule that seems to have detoxifying properties.
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Avoiding Placebo: Biofield therapies on non-human recipients

In 2012 seven top-notch biofield scientists reunited in a Symposium which was part of the International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Portland, Oregon. They discussed the present and future of biofield research.
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Reiki Frequencies and Schumann Resonances

¿How does Reiki work? The scientific research on Reiki suggests that the channeling phenomenon goes along electromagnetic biofields and low frequencies.
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The Human Electromagnetic Field – I

Basic principles of how the human body creates electricity, communicates with it, and emits a corresponding magnetic field.