http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13401
"In other words," says Anastassiou, the lead author of a paper about the work appearing in the journal Nature Neuroscience, "while active neurons give rise to extracellular fields, the same fields feed back to the neurons and alter their behavior," even though the neurons are not physically connected—a phenomenon known as ephaptic (or field) coupling.
Comment: I think this new theory gives credence to many fields of speculation once thought impossible.
telepathy, neuroscience