Scientific Investigation: Tactile Sensation & Thought Communication

Research Scientist Needed — Tactile Sensation & Spontaneous Thought Communication

I am looking for a qualified scientist, neuroscientist, cognitive scientist, or experimental researcher to help me investigate an unusual subjective experience involving tactile sensations and spontaneous thoughts that I experience as potentially communicative, somewhat analogous to how people experience communication during prayer.

I am seeking someone who can approach this scientifically and without assuming in advance what the underlying explanation is.

Project goals

I would like assistance with:

* Developing a rigorous experimental protocol to document the experiences.
* Measuring tactile sensations using appropriate physiological or sensory equipment where possible.
* Recording the timing and content of spontaneous thoughts.
* Establishing objective criteria that could distinguish ordinary coincidence, expectation, sensory effects, or other explanations from a reproducible communication effect.
* Designing blinded or controlled experiments to reduce confirmation bias.
* Analyzing the resulting data statistically.
* Determining whether the phenomenon can be independently replicated.

Ideal background

Experience in one or more of the following would be valuable:

* Neuroscience
* Cognitive science
* Psychology
* Psychophysics
* Human-computer interaction
* Brain-computer interfaces
* Experimental design
* Signal processing
* Statistical analysis

I am looking for a researcher who is comfortable investigating an unusual hypothesis without dismissing it prematurely and without treating it as established fact before evidence supports it.

The immediate priority is to develop a safe, ethical, scientifically testable protocol and begin collecting objective data.

Please include your relevant qualifications, research experience, proposed methodology, estimated timeline, and hourly/project rate in your response.