…be the source of positive results, in fact had limited influence – a feature that any theory of psi would need to account for. SORRAT Morris joined with psychologist and psi sceptic Richard Wiseman, Morris to test claims of psi phenomena made by the Society for Research in Rapport and…
…1978. To judge the impact on outcomes, Watt and psychologist and psi skeptic Richard Wiseman compared experimental findings for pre-registered versus non pre-registered studies, finding a clear decrease in the number of significant studies when authors adopted the former model.6Watt et al. (2019). Prospective Meta-Analysis Just as study registration can…
…Richard (Dick) Auerbach was an executive producer at NBC Sports and VideoSpec International. Growing up outside of New York City, Auerbach graduated from Northwestern University in 1978 with a degree in cultural anthropology. He holds a Master’s degree in parapsychology from John F Kennedy University, now part of National University,…
…Researchers from the parapsychological department at Utrecht, who included Richard Broughton, Brian Millar and Susan Blackmore, held regular meetings with the Amsterdam team and a group from the SRU (Hans Michels) in Eindhoven to discuss theories and how to test them. Bierman’s major research topic shifted to the fashionable ganzfeld…
…telepathy work and later defended Soal before the evidence against him became overwhelming. With KM Goldney, he challenged Trevor Hall’s claim that William Crookes was romantically compromised in investigating Florence Cook. Medhurst’s attempts to solve Harry Price’s Rosalie case were painstaking but inconclusive. Life and Career Richard George Medhurst, born…
…‘cosmic consciousness’ Richard Maurice Bucke (1837–1902), as well as Alain Forget and other sources. Fenwick contended that awakening does not necessarily require training but comes to people more often through overwhelming emotional trauma or spiritual experience. The resulting state is characterized by a stable core sense of joy unrelated to…
…and PhD students participated fully in academic life, with dissertations by Boerenkamp on psychics, Attevelt on healing and Houtkooper on the observational theories of psi functioning. Regular meetings were held between visiting research associates of Johnson, including Brian Millar, Richard Broughton, Susan J Blackmore, Joop Houtkooper from the Study Center…
…distressed by their paranormal experiences.’18Our story (n.d.). Over the years on the educational side the SSPR has attracted an impressive list of speakers, at it’s normally monthly speaker events. These include Colin Wilson, Michael Bentine, Graham Hancock, Rupert Sheldrake, Maurice Grosse, Richard Wiseman and Chris French. It has also maintained…
…and ‘Margery’ (1925). Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 19, 309-14. In reply to Dr Boring (1925). Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 19, 536-38. Dr Richardson’s voice-control machine (1925). Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 19, 680-89. The latest ‘Margery’ ‘exposure’ (1925). Journal…
