Research in Parapsychology 1992 Abstracts and Papers from the Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, 1992

by Cook, Emily Williams

ISBN13:
9780810830417
ISBN10:
0810830418
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 1996-03-19
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

The current volume contains abbreviated versions of fourteen papers originally presented at the 35th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association held in 1992. It also contains abstracts from the symposium 'Eusapia Palladino and Psychical Research' and the panel discussion 'Working with the Media: The Sound That Bites'; invited addresses by John Beloff and William G. Braud; and the Presidential Address 'From Survival to Transcendence: Reflections on Psi as Anomolous' by John Palmer. The conference papers are divided into seven topic areas: Physiological Studies, Ganzfeld Studies, PK Studies, Psi and Psychological Factors, Methodology, Displacement, and Quantitative Field Investigations.

Preface: The Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention
Editorial Introduction
Abbreviations
Erratum
Further Studies of Autonomic Detection of Remote Staring: Replications, New Control Procedures, and Personality Correlates	p. 1
Topographic Brain Mapping of a Selected Subject Using the ESPerciser: A Methodological Demonstration and an Exploratory Analysis	p. 7
Mind, Brain, and Behavior: A Preliminary Study of Their Interrelationships During Performance of a Computerized Psi Task	p. 12
Partial Replication of Single Subject Event-Related Potential Effects in a Psi Task	p. 17
The Ganzfeld Novice: Four Predictors of Initial ESP Performance	p. 22
An Experiment in Ganzfeld and Dreams: A Further Confirmation	p. 28
Beyond Belief: Exploring Interactions Among Mind, Body, and Environment	p. 32
Sensation Seeking, Drug Use, and Reported Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences	p. 35
The Effect of a Threatening Subliminal Stimulus on the Perceptual ESP Test: A Partial Replication	p. 41
Towards a Reduction of Experimenter Control in the Study of Special Subjects	p. 46
Hits on Repeated Targets in Relation to Hitting, Missing, and Displacement	p. 52
Quantitative Investigation of a "Haunted Castle" in New Jersey	p. 56
An Investigation of Reported Haunting Occurrences in a Japanese Restaurant in Georgia	p. 62
Testing the ESP Claims of SORRAT	p. 68
Gifted Subjects' Contributions to Parapsychology: The Case of Eusapia Palladino	p. 69
Methodological Recommendations Derived from the "Feilding Report"	p. 71
The Infallible Observer: Cesare Lombroso and Eusapia Palladino	p. 72
Parapsychology and the Media	p. 75
Working with the Media: The Sound that Bites!	p. 78
The Parapsychological Association: Working with the Media	p. 80
Working with the Media	p. 82
Parapsychology and the Media	p. 84
The Sound that Bites: Researchers and the Media	p. 86
Parapsychology Periodicals: Conceptual and Historical Perspectives	p. 87
Which Half of the Brain Believes in ESP? Testing a Lateralized Version of the MAT (Meaning Attribution Task)	p. 89
Correlation Waves, Cognitive Style, and Target Characteristics II: Data from Additional Unselected Subjects	p. 91
The Lessons of History	p. 97
Reaching for Consciousness: Expansions and Complements	p. 116
From Survival to Transcendence: Reflections on Psi as Anomalous	p. 143
Name Index	p. 173
Subject Index	p. 176
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