Brain power

Brain power: Dr Stratford said her research could provide clues about how to communicate with a potential partner using a 'sixth sense'.　　Ever had thenfl jersey
feeling that your partner has the power to read your mind? Well you may not be imagining it.
　　
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that some couples are soin tune that their brains begin to work in sync.

　　In research that points to the existence of a 'sixth sense', the team found identical patterns nfl football jersey
of brain activity in volunteers who had become so close they were 'physiologically aligned'.
　　
　　That means they had reached a state in which their nervous systems were ticking over in harmony, helping them to know each other's thoughts and emotions.
　　
　　The extraordinary findings emerged from an analysis of brain activity in patients and pittsburgh steelers jersey
counsellors in therapy sessions.
　　
　　The researcherstennessee titans jersey involved believe it also sheds light on the behaviour of couples, close friends or family members. Psychologists have long knowndallas cowboys jerseythat some couples learn to think like each other – allowing them to 'know' what their partner is thinking or about to say.
　　
　　But the new study goes further by looking into the activity of the nervous system.
　　
　　Dr Trisha Stratford, new orleans saints jerseyof Sydney's University of Technology, studied the brains and heartbeats of 30 volunteers during counselling sessions.
　
　　She identified a crucial moment when the counsellor and patient's brains started to new york giants jerseywork in sync in an 'altered state'.
　
　　She said: 'When this happens we can read each other's brains and bodies at a deeper level – a sixth sense.'
　　
　　During the 'altered state', the part of each person's brain that controls the nervous system began San Francisco 49ers jersey
to beat together.