# Peer 2010: Transcranial stimulability of phosphenes by long lightning electromagnetic pulses

> J. Peer, A. Kendl, 2010. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The hallucination reading and its own correction.

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# Transcranial stimulability of phosphenes by long lightning electromagnetic pulses

J. Peer, A. Kendl, 2010. _Physics Letters A 374, 2932–2935_.

Argued that the magnetic fields of long repetitive lightning discharges within about 100 m are comparable to those of clinical transcranial magnetic stimulation, so that many luminous perceptions during storms could be phosphenes. An erratum and addendum (doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2010.09.071) corrects the comparison: induced fields are more than an order of magnitude smaller for average lightning, and reach phosphene thresholds only within metres, or at about 50 m for short pulses.

**Ball lightning** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.023](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.023)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The hallucination reading and its own correction.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[A physical phenomenon exists, but a large fraction of reports are perceptual or misidentified.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/answers/ANS0D40A85W4T0P/a-physical-phenomenon-exists-but-a-large-fraction-of-reports)

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[Most or all reports are phosphenes or afterimages caused by lightning, not objects.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/answers/ANS0D40A76M1VDG/most-or-all-reports-are-phosphenes-or-afterimages-caused-by)

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[Long repetitive discharges can induce magnetic fields comparable to transcranial stimulation near the strike.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40A7EE6Z6P/long-repetitive-discharges-can-induce-magnetic-fields)

Evidence

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[The authors' correction shows induced fields are more than ten times smaller, reaching thresholds only within…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40A7P80PN6/the-authors-correction-shows-induced-fields-are-more-than)

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[Ball lightning](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning)

The mystery article

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[Is ball lightning a physical object, distinct from afterimages, hallucinations and misperceived ordinary lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5846ZE5/is-ball-lightning-a-physical-object-distinct-from)

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## Cite it

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Peer, J., & Kendl, A. (2010). Transcranial stimulability of phosphenes by long lightning electromagnetic pulses. Physics Letters A 374, 2932–2935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.023
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