Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences

by Henry; Jane

• ISBN13: 9780415213608
• ISBN10: 0415213606
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134613168
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-12-29
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Psychic and other exceptional experiences are surprisingly common but opinions as to their causes vary widely. Can tricks of the mind such as hallucinations, mistaken perception and errors of judgement explain such phenomena or does some yet to be understood non-sensory means of communication come into play?In Parapsychology, leading researchers from both the UK and the USA combine their expertise to form a lucid account of research into the science of psychic experience. Beginning with an introduction to the methodology, Parapsychology addresses topics including coincidence, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, healing, apparitions, reincarnation and out-of-body experiences. Each chapter describes the phenomenon, outlines the main lines of research and discusses the merits of possible explanations for such anomalies of cognitive function. Extensive suggestions for relevant further reading on each individual subject are provided, along with a detailed glossary of terms.Parapsychology provides an accessible and succinct overview of the research and current thinking on the subject of psychic and allied experiences. This balanced account of work in this fascinating area will be of great interest to students and researchers in psychology as well as anyone with an interest in the field.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
About the authors	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
Introduction	1	(4)
Parapsychology	5	(86)
Parapsychology	7	(21)
Jane Henry
Methodology	28	(14)
Julie Milton
Meta-analyses	42	(22)
Deborah L. Delanoy
Psychological factors	64	(16)
Caroline Watt
Scepticism	80	(11)
Christopher C. French
Paranormal cognition	91	(32)
Second sight	93	(6)
Shari A. Cohn-Simmen
Extrasensory perception	99	(9)
John Beloff
Jane Henry
Precognition and premonitions	108	(6)
Keith Hearne
Jane Henry
Animal psi	114	(9)
Rupert Sheldrake
Paranormal action	123	(42)
Psychokinesis	125	(12)
Jane Henry
Healing	137	(12)
Daniel J. Benor
Shamanism	149	(16)
Stanley Krippner
Anomalous experience	165	(48)
Coincidence	167	(8)
Jane Henry
Apparitions and encounters	175	(13)
Andrew Mackenzie
Jane Henry
Out-of-body experiences	188	(8)
Susan Blackmore
Near-death experiences	196	(8)
Susan Blackmore
Imagery	204	(9)
Robin Taylor
After-life associations	213	(30)
Survival	215	(9)
Alan Gauld
Reincarnation	224	(9)
Ian Stevenson
Religion	233	(10)
Michael Perry
Appendices	243	(11)
Appendix 1: Glossary	245	(3)
Appendix 2: Websites, organisations and journals	248	(6)
Wyllys Poynton
Index	254