[LINK] electromagnetic fields effect brain activity

Stewart Fist stewart_fist at optusnet.com.au
Thu Jan 11 10:24:49 AEDT 2007


Alan writes:
> 
> Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effected}; p. pr. & vb.
> n. {Effecting}.]
> 1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
> [1913 Webster]
> 
> So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.
> [1913 Webster]
> 
> 2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
> accomplish.
> [1913 Webster]
> 
> To effect that which the divine counsels had
> decreed.                              --Bp. Hurd.
> [1913 Webster]
> 
> They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
> --Jowett (Th.
> ).
> 
> Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
> perform; attain. See {Accomplish}.
> [1913 Webster]
> 
> -- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
> v.0.48
> 
> Also, to effect payment.



Since we are talking about the possibility of EMF changes in brain activity,
maybe the correct word is "infect"



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