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This paper presents the results of experimental studies of the dynamics of the functional state of a person within the zone of an active geological fault characterized by abnormal spatial distribution of the magnetic- field vector values. It is shown that these geophysical modifications have a pronounced effect on the fluctuations of the electrical activity of the human brain. When the person gets into a zone with abnormal levels of gradient magnetic field in the absence of any subjective sensations, a nonspecific orientation activation reaction is observed, which is characterized by a significant increase in the levels of peak performance in key functional EEG frequency bands.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Pobachenko, A.V. Shitov, P.E. Grigorjev, M.V. Sokolov, A.I. Zubrilkin, D.N. Vypiraylo, A.V. Solovjev, 2015, published in Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera, 2015, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 37–48.
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Pobachenko, S.V., Shitov, A.V., Grigorjev, P.E. et al. EEG reactions of the human brain in the gradient magnetic field zone of the active geological fault (pilot study). Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 52, 745–752 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816070057
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