title: Perception of static magnetic field by humans: a review
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metadata.value: Chernetsov, Nikita
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Nikishena, Inna
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Zavarzina, Natalia
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kulbach, Olga
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-20T20:12:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-20T20:12:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Chernetsov, N., Nikishena, I., Zavarzina, N., and Kulbach, O. 2021. Perception of static magnetic field by humans: a review. Bio. Comm. 66(2): 171–178.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2021.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32819
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: We review the scientific data available on the ability of humans to perceive static
  magnetic fields with intensities comparable to the intensity of the natural geomagnetic
  field. It is currently assumed that birds have at least two independent
  magnetoreceptory systems. Various authors have reported the existence of the
  sensory ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field and to use it for spatial
  orientation in different species of mammals. The question of whether this ability
  exists in humans has been raised repeatedly. During the past 40 years, serious
  scholarly titles have published the results of behavioral studies on humans’
  ability to perform homing to their home range by magnetic cues, of the ability
  to point towards a certain magnetic compass direction, and claims of magnetic
  modulation of the ability to discriminate weak light flashes. Several research
  groups have tried to find out whether brain bioelectric activity responds to
  changes in the stationary magnetic field. Cortical activation following changes
  in the static magnetic field, which suggested transduction of the changes in
  the Earth’s magnetic field into neural responses, was found by analyzing eventrelated
  synchronization/desynchronization. However, no behavioral manifestation
  for the putative magnetoreception in humans is evident. All attempts to
  detect behavioral responses to magnetic field changes in humans have been
  less than convincing.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The work of N. Chernetsov
  was supported by grant 16-14-10159
  from the Russian Science Foundation.
  The work of I. S. Nikishena was
  performed in the framework of research
  project AAAA-A19-119101890066-2.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Biological Сommunications;Volume 66; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: magnetic field
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: magnetoreception
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sensory system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: humans
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Perception of static magnetic field by humans: a review
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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