Princeton scientists conducted an interesting experiment. Having seated two interlocutors in a cozy room, they invited them to talk to each other. While one of them brought up a fascinating topic, the other listened attentively. This dialogue took place under the strict supervision of an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) machine, which scanned the brains of both participants. After receiving the images from the study, the scientists found that the activity of different parts of the brain (determined by the degree of blood flow to a particular area) was almost identical between the speaker and the listener.
When conducting the following similar experiments, it was possible to find out that if the narrator listened inattentively, then the identity of the activity of brain cells was minimal. When the narrator spoke in a language unfamiliar to the listener, the neurons of the interlocutors did not harmonize with each other at all.
This is a rather primitive example of a mental connection. It can be observed, for example, at school, when the teacher tells the material to the students. more interestingmental connection becomes in situations that arise spontaneously, in everyday life. Such a phenomenon can be observed between people who are connected by consanguinity or great love. If a misfortune occurs with one of the family members (or with a loved one), then his loved one may feel great excitement at that moment. Neurologists call this phenomenon "mental connection." Especially bright, in their opinion, it happens between a parent and a child (for sure, many people know such a phrase as "maternal instinct").
How the mental link works at this level is still a mystery. Only modest research in the field of telepathy, which, by the way, some scientists tend to consider quackery, can slightly reveal the secret.
However, let's get back to simpler examples, where the mental connection is demonstrated at an elementary level. In everyday life, people close to each other do not ask: “Will you have coffee?”. This question is reduced to one word: "Coffee?". And when the questioner receives the answer: “Yes, and one sugar,” it immediately becomes clear to him what kind of coffee his interlocutor wants. This short dialogue skips over the extra lexical fragments that everyone keeps in their head, literally pronouncing them telepathically.
According to scientists, this phenomenon is most clearly observed precisely between close people.
And so we can conclude that the mental connection is a psychosocial phenomenon that can be developed to a certain level with the help of emotional feelings for anotherperson.
In addition, it has been found that such contact is best manifested when the interlocutors communicate in a personal conversation, face to face. And dialogue options such as a video conference or a telephone conversation are much less likely to provoke the appearance of this connection.
Mentality is still a very unexplored area of human psychology. However, it is already successfully used by marketers. In many large corporations, advertising agents are trained in such a fairly new sales technique as neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), which was based on the principles of mental connection in a duet with a slight hypnosis of a potential buyer.
But let science continue to unravel its mysteries, and you can now test this phenomenon for yourself. Mark the time and try to think hard about the person you care about the most, mentally send him hugs and kisses or even words, phrases and ideas, and then ask him how he felt at that moment.
