1st Edition

Extrasensory Perception

By Gertrude Schmeidler Copyright 1969
174 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

159 Pages
by Routledge

If extrasensory perception is a common human ability, why can't we all score high on ESP tests? This book answers the question by describing psychological determinants of success and failure in extrasensory perception. Some of the most signifi cant points raised in the editor's enlightening introduction are developed in greater detail in the nine essays that follow, all of them important... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Pearce-Pratt Experiment; 2: A Reply to the Hansel Critique of the Pearce-Pratt Series; 3: A Scientific Critique of Parapsychology; 4: Teacher-Pupil Attitudes and Clairvoyance Test Results; 5: ESP and Social Stimulus; 6: The Relationship of Test Scores to Belief in ESP; 7: The Decline of Variance of ESP Scores Within a Testing Session; 8: Checking for Awareness of Hits in a Precognition Experiment with Hypnotized Subjects; 9: Experimentally-Induced Telepathic Dreams: Two Studies Using EEG-REM Monitoring Techniques

Biography

Gertrude Schmeidler