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ganzfeld (gyanzˑ·fld),
n a technique developed to research mental imagery and anomalous cognition using visual deprivation, in which a subject is situated in a uniform visual field by wearing translucent, monochromatic goggles and in an analogous audio field using white noise playing through headphones.

ganzfeld
A visual stimulus that consists of completely homogeneous and colourless luminance conditions throughout. It is used especially when recording the standard electroretinogram.


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To enter The natural light setup, 2008, for example, is to be in the presence of the infamous Ganzfeld, stock-in-trade of both military sensory deprivation experiments and the Light and Space artists who made use of them: A computer-driven bank of fluorescent fixtures, cool and warm, has been installed on the ceiling, then hidden behind a taut white scrim.
The research is being conducted under the ganzfeld procedure, taken from the German word meaning `` unif orm field''.
 
 
 
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