3rd Edition
Parapsychology The Science of Unusual Experience
This new edition of Parapsychology continues to challenge and provoke readers with some of psychology’s most puzzling phenomena. Whether believers or sceptics, the book provides readers with the opportunity to further their understanding of the paranormal, bridging the gap between traditional psychology and fringe areas.
With contributions from leading paranormal researchers, this edition has been thoroughly updated and includes new chapters on dreams, precognition and prediction of future events and anthropology. The book has been reorganised to help readers frame each phenomenon within the context of cognition, science and religion, and chapters are structured around science and experience, cognition and belief, religious belief and science, and further topics in parapsychology. The book covers a range of topics that can be considered parapsychological; including reincarnation, entity encounters, astrology, mediumship and near-death experiences.
Providing a balanced introduction to parapsychology that explores the strengths and limitations of scientific investigation, this is essential reading for students and professionals in the field, along with anyone interested in learning more about the science of the paranormal.
1. Introduction
David Groome amd Ron Roberts
2. Extra-sensory Perception
Caroline Watt
3. Mediumship and Survival
Chris Roe
5. Alien Contact and Abduction Claims
Chris French
6. Near-death Experiences
Chris Roe
7. Dreams and Paranormal Cognition
Ron Roberts
8. Astrology
David Groome
9. Religion, Belief, and Science
Michael Eysenck
10. Psychic Fraud
Richard Wiseman
11. Anthropology and the Unseen World
Ron Roberts
12. Conspiracy Theories
Rob Brotherton, Chris French and Daniel Jolley
13. Science and Experience
Ron Roberts
14. Cognition and Belief
David Groome and Robin Law
Biography
David Groome was formerly Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster, UK, where he retains a research connection. In 2009 he received the BPS Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Psychology.
Ron Roberts was formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Kingston University, UK, where he now holds an honorary position. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.