Revisiting Claims of Extracranial Biophoton Detection from the Human Brain

Vahid Salari, Vishnu Seshan, Rishabh Rishabh, Daniel Oblak, Christoph Simon

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258
Published: 2026-07-16
Container: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
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@article{allodium:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258,
  title = {Revisiting Claims of Extracranial Biophoton Detection from the Human Brain},
  author = {Vahid Salari and Vishnu Seshan and Rishabh Rishabh and Daniel Oblak and Christoph Simon},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
  doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258}
}

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TI  - Revisiting Claims of Extracranial Biophoton Detection from the Human Brain
AU  - Vahid Salari
AU  - Vishnu Seshan
AU  - Rishabh Rishabh
AU  - Daniel Oblak
AU  - Christoph Simon
PY  - 2026
JO  - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DO  - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258
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Salari, V., Seshan, V., Rishabh, R., Oblak, D., & Simon, C. (2026). Revisiting Claims of Extracranial Biophoton Detection from the Human Brain. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01258

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