I remember reading somewhere: when you sleep in a way subjecting your body to cu
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Question
I remember reading somewhere:
when you sleep in a way subjecting your body to cut the geomagnetic field at right angles, you become highly emotional whereas when it is Parallel, it cools your mind.
Meaning, it's better to sleep with your body/bed aligned in north-south direction.
On the contrary, there is a local belief saying "do not sleep with your head towards north direction" there's a mythological story to back it up too! "Birth of Ganesh".
Earth's Magnetic field is not that strong enough to influence our emotions. Or does it?
Can this theory be applied in the presence of stronger magnetic fields around? Are there any such fields in day to day presence?
just curious to know.
Explanation / Answer
When I was an undergrad, I was routinely subjected to magnetic fields thousands of times more powerful than Earth's because I was a research subject for MRI experiments. I noticed no powerful emotions induced by the magnetism, and I haven't heard of other subjects experiencing them, either. (People do experience claustrophobia in the MRI, but probably not because of the magnetic field.) It's unlikely that Earth's magnetic field does much to your brain.
However, there is serious scientific study of the effects of magnetic fields on brains, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation.
I've had that done as a research subject, too. I didn't notice any emotions there, either, but apparently it does have some impact on how people act and make decisions.