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History of Parapsychology The "Rhine revolution" had three aims: First to provide parapsychology with a systematic, progressive program of sound experimentation, progressive in the sense of trying to characterize the conditions and extent of psi phenomena rather than merely trying to prove their existence; Second, to gain academic status and scientific recognition. Psi Explorer A multimedia site that explores all aspects of scientific parapsychology. Rhine also helped found the Journal of Parapsychology in 1937, which remains one of the most respected journals in the field today, and the Parapsychological Association in 1957, the foremost professional body of parapsychologists today, that was accepted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1969. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-History_of_Parapsychology.html

Parapsychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Many in the scientific community believe that parapsychology is not a real science, that psi phenomena do not exist, and that parapsychology is a pseudoscience. The scientific validity of parapsychology research is a matter of frequent dispute and criticism, and is generally referred to as a pseudoscience, refuted by numerous rigorous scientific studies. Parapsychology is also seen as a taboo subject in science and the academy and individuals who show an interest in studying seemingly psychic phenomena, even from a skeptical point of view, often find themselves losing or being pushed out of employment, or denied funding. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Psychic   (4951 words)

Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology Recent experiments in parapsychology tend to use more complex target material than the cards and dice used in the early investigations, partially to alleviate boredom on the part of the subjects and partially because they are thought to "more nearly resemble the conditions of spontaneous psi occurrences" (Burdick and Kelly, 1977, page 109). Parapsychology had its beginnings in the investigation of purported mediums and other anecdotal claims in the late 19th century. The chapter on parapsychology was written by a subcommittee chaired by a psychologist who had published a similar conclusion prior to his appointment to the committee (Hyman, 1985a, page 7). anson.ucdavis.edu /~utts/91rmp.html   (11451 words)

What is Parapsychology? Experts debate on Closer to Truth Parapsychology, according to proponents, is the scientific study of the paranormal, also known as psi phenomena. I wouldn't call parapsychology a pseudoscience, as long as it uses the same experimental controls, the same techniques, and the same mathematical and statistical procedures that are used within mainstream science. Parapsychology is the modern evolution of those early investigations. www.closertotruth.com /topics/mindbrain/212/212transcript.html   (6612 words)

Koestler Parapsychology Unit - Graphical Version for version 6 browser Parapsychology can be defined as "..the study of apparent new means of communication, or exchange of influence, between organisms and environment". The noted writer Arthur Koestler and his wife Cynthia provided in their wills for the establishment of an endowed Chair of Parapsychology at a British University. These kinds of communication or influence are referred to by the neutral term psi, and they may be divided into two general categories: extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK). moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk   (1513 words)

Encyclopedia of Psi (Parapsychological) Phenomena Psi Experiences -- The Tip of the Iceberg Advice to Newcomers in Parapsychology I: Preliminary Notes on Experimental Procedure for GESP Studies (PDF file, 12K) www.parapsych.org /encyclopedia_of_psi.html   (50 words)

Parapsychology, Archeological Anomalies & Scepticism vs. Debunking Parapsychology is the application of scientific methodology to "psychic", or psi phenomena. A parapsychologist is a scientist who works in the field of parapsychology. Unfounded criticism of a parapsychology book in Nature - Highly regarded journal refuses to publish correction of error in review: a case of censorship? www.webpan.com /dsinclair/para.html   (1944 words)

Amazon.ca: Parapsychology: the Controversial Science: Books I enjoyed the references to the relativity theory in relation to psi phenomena, the history of parapsychology,the names of prominent people in parapsychology,the different experimental methods used through the history of parapsychology,and that the book was so contemporary. My idea is that by being so, parapsychology may lead the scientific endeavor of discovering human nature more deeply and in a more multi-facet fashion. His careful, low-key survey of modern parapsychology ranges from psychic dreams and apparitions to out-of-body experiences, reincarnation and investigations of ghosts and hauntings. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345356381   (503 words)

Parapsychology - Scientific research. In addition, the quantum collapse model of psi does not only refer to quantum mechanics (QM), it seems to be a tool that may allow to further investigate the interpretation of QM, which is still not fixed among the phisicists. The experimental results obtained by the use of pre-recorded random events have led to the development of the quantum collapse model of psi phenomenon. This work is of special interest because it provides a scientific model of psi that helps to design experiments, build and check hypothesis and eventually to improve the understanding of micro-psychokinesis. perso.wanadoo.fr /basuyaux/parapsy_eng/links/index.html   (3449 words)

Parapsychology - Scientific research. This page aims at promoting the scientific aspects of Parapsychology (Psi Research). Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the Department of Psychology (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.) Parapsychology papers based on studies of the psychic Sean Harribance (S.H.I.P.R. EFF « Net Consciousness » Archive from the The Electronic Frontier Foundation perso.wanadoo.fr /basuyaux/parapsy_eng/links   (3449 words)

parapsychology: Parapsychological Association Home Page We are the international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of 'psi'’ (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition Many of the basics in parapsychology and psychic phenomena, including career info and education opportunities. www.parapsych.org   (90 words)

The Psychology Bookshop - Parapsychology Comprehensive, scholarly and balanced review of research and theory into a wide range of anomalous experiences, including lucid dreams, hallucinations, out-of-body experiences, past-life experiences, healing, and psi. Body, Mind, Spirit: Exploring the Parapsychology of Spirituality. Extensive collection of articles on key aspects of parapsychological research, including psychology of paranormal belief, ghost, hauntings and poltergeists, laboratory research in extrasensory perception and psychokinesis, controlled tests of psychics and mediums. www.mdani.demon.co.uk /bookstore/parabooks.htm   (242 words)

General Parapsychology Excellent introduction to parapsychology and psi phenomena for young people. The Parapsychology Sources of Information Center publishes twice yearly abstract summaries from journals in parapsychology worldwide, related specialty and critical journals, science and general interest magazines, books; also parapsychology proceedings, theses dissertations, monographs. Foundations of Parapsychology: Exploring the Bounderies of Human Capacity www.aspr.com /general.htm   (790 words)

Parapsychology, parapsicologia, psi research Student Parapsychology Society at Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education Tart: for graduate students who want to study human consciousness and parapsychology Rhine Research Center - formerly the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (Inst. www.chass.utoronto.ca /~ian/parap.html   (514 words)

Jonina (Joni) Dourif - Professional Technical Remote Viewer & President of PSI TECH: A leader in Parapsychology & Consciousness The tapes were filmed by an Oscar nominee and it was reported that PSI TECH sold almost one million dollars of remote viewing tapes on the first night they were announced on a national radio show. PSI TECH's publishes bi-monthly TRV newsletters and weekly e-zines and they have an active chat room and several bulletin boards. She became the Vice President of PSI TECH and immediately moved the company from New Mexico to Beverly Hills, California. www.remoteviewer.org /remoteviewing/dourif.htm   (378 words)

Parapsychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As a result, many in the scientific community feel that parapsychology is not a real science, that psi phenomena do not exist, and that parapsychology is a pseudoscience. Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. The field of parapsychology overlaps many disciplines, including physics and biology, and often physicists, engineers and others trained in the hard sciences, in conjunction with stage magicians and other experts in deception, are in a better position to design experiments for certain types of phenomena than are psychiatrists or psychologists. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parapsychology   (378 words)

Psi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Psi denotes the unknown factor in parapsychology, usually referring to psychic or psionic powers Psi (Cyrillic) (Ѱ, ѱ), letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek Psi (instant messenger), the popular Jabber client program en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Psi   (200 words)

Table of contents for Parapsychology in the twenty-first century Psi and Altered States of ConsciousnessùAdrian Parker 00 5. The Future of Psi Research: Recommendations in Retrospect ùStanley Krippner and Gerd H. Hövelmann 000 8. The Farther Reaches of Psi Research: Future Choices and PossibilitiesùWilliam Braud 00 Section II. www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024775.html   (200 words)

PSI Research PSI APPLICATIONS - a non profit foundation which endeavors to investigate, all paranormal, UFO, and Fortean related phenome throughout the world. COGNITIVE SCIENCES LABORATORY -For over 20 years, this center has been involved in government-sponsored parapsychology research, including Project Stargate. PHYCHIC FIRST AID - "beginning your spiritual healing whilst in crisis " - complete book is online here. www.thwww.com /mrwizard/wizardESP.HTM   (200 words)

Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology Recent experiments in parapsychology tend to use more complex target material than the cards and dice used in the early investigations, partially to alleviate boredom on the part of the subjects and partially because they are thought to "more nearly resemble the conditions of spontaneous psi occurrences" (Burdick and Kelly, 1977, page 109). Parapsychology, as this field is called, has been a source of controversy throughout its history. Parapsychology, the laboratory study of psychic phenomena, has had its history interwoven with that of statistics. anson.ucdavis.edu /~utts/91rmp.html   (200 words)

IGPP--Library and Archives It houses a specialized library and archives dealing with the history of IGPP and the general history of occultism and parapsychology in Germany including the personal papers of prominent German psi researchers. The specialized library "Parapsychology and Border Areas of Parapsychology" is supervised by the IGPP in collaboration with University of Freiburg Library. Among the current tasks of the IGPP archives are the registration and preservation of existing materials and the preparation of detailed inventories which is a prerequisite for scholarly work on the history of parapsychology in Germany. www.igpp.de /english/libarch/info.htm   (200 words)

Search Results: PSI Mart - Parapsychology Foundation                        An overview of the history of parapsychology, beginning with the Oracle at Delphi in Ancient Greece to modern-day research of anomylous events. www.psi-mart.com /details.php?Id=2&IdArt=27   (200 words)

Reviews & Articles Section Home - Parapsychology Foundation - For a complete list of the publications available for purchase from the Parapsychology Foundation, visit PSI-Mart.com, our online bookstore. In this section we are providing links to abstracts of articles published in the journals of scientific and academic parapsychology and related fields as well as abstracts of papers on parapsychology and related topics presented at academic and scientific conventions. Brian Josephson, Unfounded criticism of a parapsychology book in Nature www.parapsychology.org /dynamic/060400.html   (200 words)

default.aspx?modulo=wikipedia&arg=Parapsychology As a result, many in the scientific community feel that parapsychology is not a real science, that psi phenomena do not exist, and that parapsychology is a pseudoscience. After examining psi claims for over a century, there has been significant difficulty in merging the results of parapsychology studies with other fields of science. Many people are not satisfied with the term, and have proposed alternatives, such as "psi research" (similar to the older term "psychical research"), but parapsychology is the term that has gained the greatest acceptance today. www.kisanji.org /default.aspx?modulo=wikipedia&arg=Parapsychology   (3404 words)

Ebon1.html From 1953 to 1965 he was administrative assistant of the Parapsychology Association in New York set up by the world-famous medium and clairvoyant, Eileen Garrett. The limited information and massive disinformation available regarding the KGB takeover of Soviet psi research did not in itself contribute to an in-depth analysis of the Soviet psi research machine, especially when its large size was considered, along with the known extent of its multidiscliplinary activities. Some years before the Toth incident, American intelligence analysts had begun noticing a Soviet secret police (KGB) trend, shortly after 1967, indicating serious interest in what is called "parapsychology" in the West. www.biomindsuperpowers.com /Pages/Ebon1.html   (3404 words)

Critical Thinking about the Paranormal Akashic record, anomalous cognition, anomalous perturbation, clairaudience, clairvoyance, Clever Hans phenomenon, displacement, ESP, experimenter effect, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, parapsychology, precognition, psi, the psi assumption, psi-missing, psychokinesis, psychometry, remote viewing, and.Zener cards. Why do parapsychologists claim that scientific tests of psi are necessary even though there is very substantial anecdotal evidence for the existence of ESP and psychokinesis? Week 1: Key concepts in paranormal studies: psi, ESP, psychokinesis, remote viewing, clairvoyance, and precognition. www.scc.losrios.edu /~carrolb/phil322.html   (3404 words)

Critical Thinking about the Paranormal Akashic record, anomalous cognition, anomalous perturbation, clairaudience, clairvoyance, Clever Hans phenomenon, displacement, ESP, experimenter effect, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, parapsychology, precognition, psi, the psi assumption, psi-missing, psychokinesis, psychometry, remote viewing, and.Zener cards. Why do parapsychologists claim that scientific tests of psi are necessary even though there is very substantial anecdotal evidence for the existence of ESP and psychokinesis? Review for Unit One: logic, perception, and parapsychology www.scc.losrios.edu /~carrolb/phil322.html   (3404 words)

Koestler Parapsychology Unit - Graphical Version for version 6 browser The term 'psi' was introduced to be a neutral term for a variety of 'paranormal' phenomena, free of the implicit assumptions that are contained within labels such as psychokinesis ('movement by mind') or telepathy ('feeling or perception at a distance'), and of the whole assumption of paranormality. It was originally split into two categories of psi-kappa and psi-gamma, denoting active and passive psi, the first subsuming those phenomena such as psychokinesis which appeared to involve an effect upon another system, the second covering phenomena such as extrasensory perception, which showed a more receptive aspect. The main problem with the terms is that they do not have a precise definition, indicating which phenomena may be counted as psi and which are excluded. moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk /index.php3   (1513 words)

Parapsychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Parapsychologists respond that "laws of nature" are simply summaries of existing scientific knowledge and do get revised from time to time during the course of scientific progress, in addition they are not so well understood that with them one could confidently predict the non existence of Psi (Consider quantum mechanics). Indeed, many parapsychologists have moved on from proof-oriented research, intended primarily to verify the existence of psi phenomena, to "process-oriented" research, intended to explore the parameters and characteristics of psi phenomena. Other parapsychologists, such as Dean Radin and supporters such as statistician Jessica Utts, take the stance that the existence of certain psi phenomena has been reasonably well established in recent times through repeatable experiments that have been replicated dozens to hundreds of times at labs around the world. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parapsychology   (4734 words)

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