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  • noun attributive Applied to a particular phenomenon of visual perception.

Etymologies

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German, meaning "complete field".

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Examples

  • The goal was for Mr. Apraxine, sealed in his chamber - lulled into a deeply relaxed condition known as a ganzfeld state - to receive the image that Ms. Schmit was sending.

    Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005

  • The ganzfeld is a modern laboratory procedure that works a little like scrying.7 Instead of using transparent substances to create perceptual ambiguities, you cover your eyes with halved Ping-Pong balls, expose them to a uniform light source, and listen through earphones to monotonous sounds.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • The ganzfeld is a modern laboratory procedure that works a little like scrying.7 Instead of using transparent substances to create perceptual ambiguities, you cover your eyes with halved Ping-Pong balls, expose them to a uniform light source, and listen through earphones to monotonous sounds.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • The ganzfeld is a modern laboratory procedure that works a little like scrying.7 Instead of using transparent substances to create perceptual ambiguities, you cover your eyes with halved Ping-Pong balls, expose them to a uniform light source, and listen through earphones to monotonous sounds.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • Further testing found that overnight, full-field monocular stimulation with a flickering red "ganzfeld" failed to nullify the resetting, sleep-induced effect.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Further testing found that overnight, full-field monocular stimulation with a flickering red "ganzfeld" failed to nullify the resetting, sleep-induced effect.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Consider visually experiencing a uniform gray ganzfeld, or floating weightlessly in a uniformly warm bath.

    Auditory Perception O'Callaghan, Casey 2009

  • I remember the process by which Charles Honorton got his ganzfeld remote viewing experiments published in mainstream scientific literature.

    Michael Shermer: Deepakese: The Woo-Woo Master Deepak Chopra Speaks 2009

  • I have looked at reports of studies showing better than average “hits” in ganzfeld studies, etc.

    American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience Sean 2008

  • From 1974 through 2004 a total of 88 ganzfeld experiments reporting 1,008 hits in 3,145 trials were conducted.33 The combined hit rate was 32% as compared to the chance-expected 25% Figure 6-6.

    ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006

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