Researchers
Experimental research on ESP and PK has been shaped by investigators from psychology, physics, neuroscience and related fields. This subcategory brings together profiles of researchers whose work has tested anomalous cognition and mind-matter interaction, developed new methods, and advanced theoretical debate within parapsychology across different periods.
Damon Abraham
American researcher who uses AI and machine-learning techniques to examine the interplay between psi and technology.
Margaret L Anderson
Professor of education and parapsychologist best known for testing children for ESP.
Ian S Baker
Ian Baker is a psychologist at the University of Derby who has carried out ESP research.
Peter A Bancel
American experimental physicist who carries out psi-research at the Institut Métapsychique International in Paris.
John Beloff
John Beloff (1920–2006), a British psychologist, was concerned with the philosophy of mind and psi-related topics.
Daryl Bem
Daryl Bem, an American social psychologist, has carried out landmark experiments on precognition.
Dick Bierman
Dutch psychologist and experimental parapsychologist, . His work includes research on the role of consciousness in quantum collapse.
Richard S Broughton
Experimental psi researcher concerned with cognitive and evolutionary aspects of ESP.
Cédric Cannard
Cédric Cannard is a French researcher working on altered states of consciousness and psi phenomena.
Dani Caputi
Atmospheric scientist who has studied interactions of consciousness and micro-meteorological processes.
Etzel Cardeña
Mexican-born psychologist with interests in consciousness, dissociation and altered states related to psi.
James Carpenter
American clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and parapsychologist, best-known for his innovative First Sight Theory of psi.
Ramsés D’León Macías
Mexican parapsychcologist who has carried out research in presentiment and psychokinesis.
Michael Daw
Michael Daw is a research scientist investigating a relationship between dietary practices and psi abilities.
Moritz Dechamps
German researcher investigating quantum effects in the context of micro-psychokinesis experiments.
Deborah Delanoy
Psychologist who has conducted research in ESP and direct mental interaction with living systems (DMILS).
Arnaud Delorme
American neuroscientist who has carried out experiments exploring the relation between consciousness and psi.
York Dobyns
A long-term member of the research team at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory.
Brenda J Dunne
American parapsychologist (1944–2022), whose remote viewing and psychokinesis research made important contributions.
Suitbert Ertel
German statistician and psychologist (1932–2017) who developed the highly successful ESP 'ball selection' test of psychokinesis (PK).
Álex Escolà-Gascón
Professor of applied mathematics whose research has included remote viewing and aspects of paranormal belief.
GW Fisk
GW Fisk (1882–1972) was a British experimental parapsychologist who made a notable contribution to ESP research.
Morris Freedman
Toronto-based neurologist who done experiments suggesting that psi may be facilitated by frontal lobe brain damage.
Tomokichi Fukurai
Pioneering Japanese experimental psychologist (1869–1952) who carried out psi research, noted for studies of ‘thoughtography’.
Àlex Gómez-Marín
Alex Gomez-Marin is a Spanish physicist and neuroscientist with research interests in parapsychology.
Jacobo Grinberg-Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and consciousness researcher who carried out experiments in telepathy and extraocular vision.
Gabriel Guerrer
Gabriel Guerrer is a Brazilian experimental physicist who has investigated the possible influence of consciousness on matter.
Reginaldo Hiraoka
Brazilian philosopher and psychologist with research interests in ganzfeld ESP and collective influence on random number generators.
Glenn Hitchman
British psychologist interested in implicit precognition, morphic fields and the use of floatation tanks to induce psi-conducive states.
Nicola J Holt
British psychologist and psi researcher, whose work has focused on the relationship of psi to creativity and other personality traits.
Charles Honorton
American parapsychologist (1946–1992) who helped pioneer the ganzfeld sensory deprivation technique of ESP testing.
Jack Houck
American engineer (1939–2013) noted for his mass demonstrations of psychokinesis at metal bending ‘parties’.
Robert Jahn
Robert Jahn was a plasma physicist who founded the PEAR laboratory, which specialized in studying mind-machine interactions.
Martin Johnson
As a major European experimental parapsychologist, Johnson (1930–2011) helped build the programme at the University of Utrecht.
Jacob Jolij
Jacob Jolij is a Dutch psychologist who has carried out experiments in presentiment and psychokinesis.
Debra Lynne Katz
American parapsychologist, author, educator, and intuitive practitioner, carrying out research on remote viewing and related topics.
James E Kennedy
American psi researcher specializing in experimental research, methodology and theoretical development.
Karolina A Kirmse
German researcher who has carried out experiments aimed at uncovering the quantum basis of psi phenomena.
Marios Kittenis
Researcher whose work has included presentiment, remote psychophysical interactions, and the psi effects of psychedelic drugs.
John G Kruth
Executive director of the Rhine Research Center. His research interests include bioenergy in healing.
Brian Laythe
American psychologist and parapsychologist whose research interests include paranormal beliefs and experiences.
Walter von Lucadou
German physicist interested in consciousness studies who has developed a theory of psi based on quantum mechanics.
Richard James Lucido
American psychologist whose experiments support the idea that consciousness causes the collapse of the wave function.
Markus Maier
German psychologist whose work in consciousness theory has extended to include experiments in psychokinesis and precognition.
Betty Markwick
British mathematician and statistician, credited with having uncovered fraud in ESP experiments by SG Soal.
Edwin C May
American physicist and parapsychologist, notable for his direction of the US government-funded Star Gate remote viewing program.
Herb Mertz
Author of The Selection Effect (2020), which describes a long-term self-study with a random event generator.
Garret Moddel
Quantum engineer at the University of Colarado who has carried out experiments in applied psi and remote viewing.
Robert Morris
American psychologist and parapsychologist (1942–2004) who chaired Edinburgh University's Koestler Parapsychology Unit.
Julia Mossbridge
American cognitive neuroscientist who has carried out parapsychological studies, notably on precognition and presentiment effects.
Roger Nelson
Experimental psychologist and parapsychologist who founded the long-running Global Consciousness Project.
Fotini Pallikari
Greek physicist interested in laser spectroscopy, materials science, foundations of quantum theory and psychical research.
John Palmer
American psychologist and parapsychologist who has conducted psi research using a range of experimental and theoretical approaches.
Adrian Parker
Anglo-Swedish clinical psychologist and parapsychologist who was among the first researchers to adopt the ganzfeld technique.
Michael A Persinger
American-Canadian psychologist (1945–2018), inventor of a device that sought to induce paranormal-seeming experiences.
J Gaither Pratt
American psychologist and parapsychologist (1910–1979) who worked with JB Rhine at Duke University and Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia.
Harold E Puthoff
American physicist and parapsychologist, a key figure in the US government-funded Star Gate remote viewing programme.
Dean Radin
Dean Radin is an American scientist known for innovative experiments in the study of consciousness and psi phenomena.
Glen Rein
Glen Rein is an American biochemist who has investigated the influence of human intention on DNA activity.
Joseph Banks Rhine
Joseph Banks Rhine (1895–1980) is recognized as the founder of experimental parapsychology.
Louisa E Rhine
Louisa Rhine (1891–1983) analyzed spontaneous psi experiences sent to the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University.
Chris A Roe
British psychology professor and psi researcher interested in the nature of anomalous experiences and the psychology of belief.
Serena Roney-Dougal
British psi researcher and educator whose research has probed the relationship between meditation and psi performance.
Adrian Ryan
British researcher interested in the effect of geomagnetic activity on ESP, also in psi's philosophical and sociological implications.
Milan Ryzl
Milan Ryzl (1928–2011) was a pioneer in exploring hypnosis as a facilitator of ESP, best known for his extensive work with Pavel Stepanek.
Carl Sargent
British parapsychologist (1952–2018) whose successful ganzfeld telepathy experiments were attacked by a prominent sceptic.
Gertrude Schmeidler
American psychologist and parapsychologist, noted for her theory that ESP ability relates to belief.
Helmut Schmidt
German American parapsychologist (1928–2011) who pioneered the use of random event generators in studying psychokinesis.
Stefan Schmidt
German clinical psychologist and parapsychologist who has carried out research in distant interaction, telepathy and healing.
Richard Sheargold
Richard Sheargold (1911–1988) was an English psychical researcher with particular interests in electronic voice phenomena.
Yung-Jong Shiah
Chinese psychologist who has conducted ESP experiments, including studies in collaboration with American researcher Dean Radin.
Richard Silberstein
Australian neuroscientist who conducted a brain imaging study that appears to confirm telepathic interactions between itwins.
Christine Simmonds-Moore
British psychologist and parapsychologist whose research interests include the psychology of paranormal belief.
S James P Spottiswoode
American physicist who has carried out psi research with an emphasis on seeking physical correlates to psi performance.
Leanna Standish
American neuroscientist and naturopathic physician who has performed successful psi experiments in distant interactions.
Rex G Stanford
American parapsychologist (1938-2022) known for his Psi-Mediated Instrumental Response (PMIR) model of psi.
Paul Stevens
British psychologist who has carried out parapsychological research emphasizing the role played by the environment in psi expression.
Russell Targ
American physicist and parapsychologist who collaborated with Harold Puthoff in remote viewing studies.
Charles T Tart
American psychologist (1937–2025) known for research on psi, out-of-body experiences, and the nature of consciousness.
Jon Taylor
Cambridge-trained scientist who has developed physical theories of precognition and intuition, bridging quantum physics and neuroscience.
Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff
Dutch psychologist and parapsychologist (1894–1981), known for his research and writings about the Dutch psychic Gerard Croiset.
Michael Thalbourne
Australian psychologist (1955–2010) whose wide research interests included psi and mystical experience.
Patrizio Tressoldi
Italian psychologist and consciousness researcher who has developed new ways to investigate presentiment and psychokinetic effects.
GNM Tyrrell
English mathematician, physicist and radio engineer (1879–1952), remembered for his theoretical treatise on apparitions.
Dieter Vaitl
German consciousness researcher who directed the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) for two decades.
Mario Varvoglis
American parapsychologist living in France, president of the Institut Métapsychique International.
Leonid Vasiliev
Leonid Vasiliev (1891–1966), a Russian physiologist and parapsychologist, reported numerous successful experiments in ‘mental suggestion’.
David Vernon
British psychologist specializing in neuroscience, cognition and research methods, who has carried out psi research as well.
Caroline Watt
Scottish psychologist who has made contributions to understanding psi from both a proponent and sceptic angle.
Bryan J Williams
Student of cognitive psychology interested in field-like influences on the behaviour of random number generators.
Marc Wittmann
Cognitive neuroscientist based in Freiburg, Germany, where he conducts research on time perception and psi phenomena.
Garret Yount
American researcher who explores the links between molecular biology and aspects of consciousness, including energy healing.