RESEARCH • EVIDENCE • OPEN QUESTIONS
This library provides scientific references and further reading for concepts explored throughout Biomagnetic Healing Arts.
Sources are organized according to the kind of evidence they represent so that established physiology, directly measured phenomena, emerging research and open questions remain clearly distinguishable.
Evidence note:
FOUNDATIONAL EVIDENCE
Established Science
These references support established physiological processes and directly measured electrical and magnetic phenomena in living systems.
Cellular Bioelectricity
INTRO
EPISODE 1
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Harris, M. P. (2021).
Bioelectric signaling as a unique regulator of development
and regeneration.
Development, 148(10), dev180794.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.180794.
Supports the foundational description of membrane voltage
and bioelectric signaling in living cells. Broader roles in
development and regeneration remain an active area of research.
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Nerve Impulses & Ionic Currents
INTRO
EPISODE 1
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Hodgkin, A. L., & Huxley, A. F. (1952).
A quantitative description of membrane current and its
application to conduction and excitation in nerve.
The Journal of Physiology, 117(4), 500–544.
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1952.sp004764.
Foundational electrophysiology describing how ionic membrane
currents account for nerve excitation and conduction.
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Cardiac Electrical Conduction
INTRO
EPISODE 1
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Kennedy, A., et al. (2016).
The Cardiac Conduction System:
Generation and Conduction of the Cardiac Impulse.
Cardiology Clinics.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.04.001.
Reviews the specialized cardiac conduction system and the
electrical activity underlying coordinated heartbeat and
ECG recordings.
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Magnetic Field of the Heart
INTRO
EPISODE 1
DIRECTLY MEASURED
Baule, G., & McFee, R. (1963).
Detection of the Magnetic Field of the Heart.
American Heart Journal, 66, 95–96.
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(63)90075-9.
Historic direct experimental detection of the weak magnetic
field generated by human cardiac electrical activity.
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EPISODE 1
DIRECTLY MEASURED
Tavarozzi, I., et al. (2002).
Magnetocardiography: current status and perspectives.
Part I: Physical principles and instrumentation.
Italian Heart Journal, 3(2), 75–85.
Describes magnetocardiography as recording the very weak
magnetic fields generated by electrical currents in cardiac tissue.
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Brain Activity & Magnetoencephalography
INTRO
EPISODE 1
DIRECTLY MEASURED
Cohen, D. (1968).
Magnetoencephalography: evidence of magnetic fields
produced by alpha-rhythm currents.
Science, 161(3843), 784–786.
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3843.784.
Demonstrated weak magnetic fields outside the human scalp
associated with brain electrical activity.
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EPISODE 1
DIRECTLY MEASURED
Gross, J. (2019).
Magnetoencephalography in Cognitive Neuroscience:
A Primer.
Neuron, 104(2), 189–204.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.001.
Modern overview of the principles, strengths, limitations
and applications of magnetoencephalography.
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Breath & Cardiac Rhythm
INTRO
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Yasuma, F., & Hayano, J. (2004).
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia:
why does the heartbeat synchronize with respiratory rhythm?
Chest, 125(2), 683–690.
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.683.
Reviews the physiological interaction between breathing
and beat-to-beat heart-rate variation.
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Light & Biological Rhythms
INTRO
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2009).
Effect of Light on Human Circadian Physiology.
Sleep Medicine Clinics, 4(2), 165–177.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2009.01.004.
Reviews how timing, intensity, duration and wavelength of
light influence the human circadian timing system.
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Sound Transduction
INTRO
ESTABLISHED PHYSIOLOGY
Peng, A. W., et al. (2022).
Mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory hair cells.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience,
120, 103706.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2022.103706.
Explains how inner-ear sensory hair cells convert
mechanical sound-related input into electrical signals.
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ACTIVE & EMERGING RESEARCH
Emerging Research
These areas are being actively investigated. Findings should be interpreted within the specific biological systems, experimental conditions and physical parameters studied.
Bioelectric Networks Across Tissues
EPISODE 1
ACTIVE / EMERGING
Levin, M. (2021).
Bioelectric signaling: Reprogrammable circuits underlying
embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer.
Cell, 184(8), 1971–1989.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.034.
Reviews endogenous membrane-potential distributions produced
by ion channels and gap junctions and their proposed roles
in morphogenesis, regeneration and disease.
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Acoustic Waves & Cellular Mechanotransduction
INTRO
ACTIVE / EMERGING
Del Rosario-Gilabert, D.,
Valenzuela-Miralles, A.,
& Esquiva, G. (2024).
Advances in mechanotransduction and sonobiology:
effects of audible acoustic waves and low-vibration
stimulations on mammalian cells.
Biophysical Reviews, 16(6), 783–812.
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-024-01242-1.
Reviews experimental work involving audible acoustic waves,
low-vibration stimulation and cellular mechanotransduction.
Effects depend strongly on the physical parameters studied
and should not be generalized beyond those conditions.
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EPISODE 1
The Living Field and the Body Electric
Additional references supporting the scientific boundaries and interpretive framework used in Episode 1.
Science-Integrity Note:
Left Brain / Right Brain
EPISODE 1
SCIENCE INTEGRITY
Nielsen, J. A., et al. (2013).
An Evaluation of the Left-Brain vs. Right-Brain Hypothesis
with Resting State Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance
Imaging.
PLOS ONE, 8(8), e71275.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071275.
Supports using left-brain/right-brain language only as
creative shorthand. Functional lateralization exists,
but a global left-brained/right-brained personality
phenotype is not supported.
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Foundational Physiology Reference
EPISODE 1
TEXTBOOK
Hall, J. E., & Hall, M. E. (2025).
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology,
15th edition. Elsevier.
General physiology reference for membrane transport,
membrane potentials, action potentials, cardiac excitation
and electrocardiography.
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Evidence Framework for Episode 1
Established Physiology: membrane potentials, ion gradients, ion channels, action potentials and cardiac electrical conduction.
Directly Measured Phenomena: magnetic fields generated by electrical activity of the heart and brain.
Active / Emerging Research: broader roles of resting membrane potential and bioelectric networks in development, regeneration and tissue organization.
Open Questions: how particular external magnetic or electromagnetic fields interact with particular biological systems under specific exposure conditions, and whether such mechanisms explain particular therapeutic biomagnetism practices.
Creative / Contemplative Framework: the “living field,” mandala imagery and language of listening and relationship when those terms are not referring to a specifically measured physical field.
Established Physiology: membrane potentials, ion gradients, ion channels, action potentials and cardiac electrical conduction.
Directly Measured Phenomena: magnetic fields generated by electrical activity of the heart and brain.
Active / Emerging Research: broader roles of resting membrane potential and bioelectric networks in development, regeneration and tissue organization.
Open Questions: how particular external magnetic or electromagnetic fields interact with particular biological systems under specific exposure conditions, and whether such mechanisms explain particular therapeutic biomagnetism practices.
Creative / Contemplative Framework: the “living field,” mandala imagery and language of listening and relationship when those terms are not referring to a specifically measured physical field.