Relating to the alleged effects of electrical current on the human mind or consciousness; involving the supposed mental or psychological impacts of galvanism.
From galvano- + psychic (from Greek psyche, mind/soul). This term emerged in pseudoscientific circles of the 1800s, reflecting wild speculation about electricity's effects on the mind.
Galvanopsychic theories were completely unproven, but they fascinated people—Victorian spiritualists and pseudoscientists wondered if electricity could affect thoughts, memories, or personality, leading to bizarre 'electric mind' experiments.
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