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Parapsychology: BEGINNER'S GUIDE S.

Autor Caroline Watt
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iun 2016
In this Beginner’s Guide, renowned author and scientist Dr Caroline Wyatt explores the science behind such phenomena. In the last one hundred years, parapsychologists have tried to determine whether it is possible to examine paranormal activity in a laboratory. Packed full of interesting characters, surprising incidents and novel experiments, this book takes the reader on a journey through this fascinating research. Parapsychology: A Beginner’s Guide traces the history and evolution of parapsychology as a science, and provides a thorough and critical analysis of the research and evidence in the field today.
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ISBN-13: 9781780748870
ISBN-10: 1780748876
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 200 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Oneworld Publications
Colecția Oneworld Publications
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Notă biografică

Dr. Caroline A. Watt is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, where she has been working since 1986. Watt is also a founding member and leader of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit, and former President and board member of the Parapsychological Association. The coauthor of An Introduction to Parapsychology (McFarland & Co), she lives in Edinburgh.

Cuprins

Contents: Introduction: Outside the Lab: Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences: A community mail survey of psychic experiences, John Palmer ; Psychology and coincidences, Caroline A. Watt; Fantastic memories: the relevance of research in to eyewitness testimony and false memories for reports on anomalous experiences, Christopher C. French; Birthmarks and birth defects corresponding to wounds on deceased persons, Ian Stevenson; Near-death experiences in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands, Pim van Lommel, Ruud van Wees, Vincent Meyers and Ingrid Elfferich; An investigation into alleged 'hauntings', Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt, Paul Stevens, Emma Greening and Ciarán O'Keeffe; The 'Brother Doli' case: investigations of apparent poltergeist-type manifestations in North Wales, Michael Daniels. Testing Psychic Claimants: A brief overview of magic for parapsychologists, George P. Hansen; What is your counter-explanation? A plea to skeptics to think again, John Beloff ; The appearance and disappearance of objects in the presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Erlendur Haraldsson and Karlis Osis; The psychic reading, Ray Hyman; An overview of quantitatively evaluated studies with mediums and psychics, Sybo A. Schouten. Extrasensory Perception: Experiments bearing on the precognition hypothesis: I, pre-shuffling card calling, Joseph Banks Rhine; Methodological criticisms of parapsychology, Charles Akers; Psychology and anomalous observations: the question of ESP in dreams, Irvin L. Child; Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer, Daryl J. Bem and Charles Honorton; Should ganzfeld research continue to be crucial in the search for a replicable psi effect? Part I, discussion paper and introduction to an electronic mail discussion, Julie Milton. Psychokinesis and Distant Mental Influence: Experimental investigation of table-moving, Michael Faraday; A PK test with electronic equipment, Helmut Schmidt; Evidence for consciousness-related anomalies in random physical systems, Dean I. Radin and Roger D. Nelson; Further studies of autonomic detection of remote staring: replications, new control procedures, and personality correlates, William Braud, Donna Shafer and Sperry Andrews; Experimenter effects and the remote detection of staring, Richard Wiseman and Marilyn Schlitz; The efficacy of 'distant healing': a systematic review of randomized trials, John A. Astin, Elaine Harkness and Edzard Ernst; Give the null hypotheses a chance: reasons to remain doubtful about the existence of psi, James E. Alcock. Experimenters' Personal Perspectives: The elusive open mind: 10 years of negative research in parapsychology, Susan Blackmore ; Boundless mind: coming of age in parapsychology, Marilyn Schlitz; Name Index.

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This collection of articles provides readers with a general sense of the methods used by researchers into people who believe that they have experienced paranormal phenomena or claim to possess psychic abilities. They cover a wide range of issues, including the psychology of paranormal belief, investigations into ghosts and hauntings, laboratory research into extra-sensory perception and psychokinesis, and controlled tests of psychics and mediums. An introductory essay sets each of the selected papers in context and provides additional references for those wishing to delve deeper into the issues surrounding each of the areas covered.