Sufi Self-Piercing Monitored for Brainwaves
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Warning: graphic content. The video shows a man pushing sharp blades and skewers into his body. He shows no sign of pain and does not bleed, but some viewers may find it disturbing.
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Video of a Sufi practitioner performing a self-piercing demonstration while his EEG was recorded, at the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's annual meeting in Portland, supervised by Dr. Erik Peper and Dr. Howard Hall. It shows the changes in brain activity that accompanied this display of pain control. The recording was made with BrainMaster equipment, and BrainAvatar's page about the session has a second video.