…He was not just a theorist but also a leading experimenter, who introduced the use of random generators into parapsychology. Schmidt had little interest in convincing others of his ideas: his writing was clear, but only for those with an advanced degree in physics. Walker worked at the prestigious military…
…was prominent in Lebanon, Stevenson took pains to use aliases in his writings on the case. In the unpublished manuscript and both published works in which he mentions it, the previous incarnation is named as Saada Hatoum, while in Shroder’s work she is named as Hanan Mansour and different names…
…chartered accountants who testified in writing that ‘the references are to letters which exist and which appear to be quite bona fide’.56Edwards (1953a), 11. However the brevity of the extracts, paucity of detail in most cases and, by necessity, omission of patients’ names, addresses and medical records brought criticism.57Doncaster (1953),…
Carlos S Alvarado (1955–2021) was a researcher, author and educator in the field of parapsychology, with a focus on the history of early psychical research in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His writings focused in particular on the history of early psychical research in the late nineteenth and early…
…have known.’5Bradley (1924); cited in Tymn (2013). However, Bradley also described an incident in which writings purportedly made by deceased communicators were considered by a handwriting expert to have been written by Valiantine himself. This led to disillusion on the part of de Wykoff, who persuaded Valiantine to do a…
…2013. Psychokinesis Research Gertrude Schmeidler In the early 1970s, Swann was tested for PK (psychokinetic) abilities by Gertrude Schmeidler at the American Society for Psychical Research. In this experiment, Swann repeatedly produced significant PK changes in continuous, automatic recordings of temperature variations of graphite samples. Extensive controls included insulating the…
…time when they used the CardioAlert. A conceptual replication experiment that allowed the CardioAlert to automatically avoid negative outcomes gave a yet higher winning outcome of 56.3% – an extremely significant finding (p = 10 x 10-6).3Tressoldi et al. (2015). Driving with Intuition? Probing brain activity for presentiment effects, Tressoldi…
…with leading German theoreticians. Recent investigations have explored the impact of objectivity on psi outcomes through collaboration with Thomas Rabeyron. Research revealed strong evidence for PK effects in subjective trials (Bayes Factor: 17.14) where participants recalled their scores, while objective trials with automatic data storage showed no effects. This supports…
…experimenter psi was suggested through Change of Evidence measures.6Maier & Dechamps (2022). The laboratory has also investigated the impact of reducing objectivity on psi outcomes through research with Thomas Rabeyron from the University of Lorraine. In trials where data were recorded subjectively (participants recalled their scores) versus objectively (automatic data…
