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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786410086

ISBN-139780786410088

eBay Product ID (ePID)1885268

Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages

Publication NameBasic Research in Parapsychology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

SubjectParapsychology / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorK. Ramakrishna Rao

Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight18.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2001-030250

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"a well-chosen set of research reports in experimental parapsychology...informative"-- Choice ; "at last!...excellent...most interesting, informative, and provocative...the spectacular results will excite a student's interest and thus prepare well for lectures on related group studies or relevant theory"-- The Journal of Parapsychology ; "a useful volume to have at hand"-- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research ; "intriguing...a useful resource"-- Contemporary Psychology ; "excellent...highly recommended"-- SSC Booknews ; "worthwhile...useful"-- Fate ; "it is the only source-book of its kind"-- Light ; "very worthwhile"-- Journal of Scientific Exploration., "a well-chosen set of research reports in experimental parapsychology...informative"- Choice ; "at last!...excellent...most interesting, informative, and provocative...the spectacular results will excite a student's interest and thus prepare well for lectures on related group studies or relevant theory"- The Journal of Parapsychology ; "a useful volume to have at hand"- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research ; "intriguing...a useful resource"- Contemporary Psychology ; "excellent...highly recommended"- SSC Booknews ; "worthwhile...useful"- Fate ; "it is the only source-book of its kind"- Light ; "very worthwhile"- Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal133.8/07/2

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface 1. Introduction: Reality, Replicability, and Lawfulness of Psi 2. A Review of the Pearce-Pratt Distance Series of ESP Tests 3. PK Tests with a High-Speed Random Number Generator 4. Correlations of Random Binary Sequences with Pre-Stated Operator Intention: A Review of a 12-Year Program 5. Statistically Robust Anomalous Effects: Replication in Random Event Generator Experiments 6. Transcontinental Remote Viewing 7. An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning 8. A Laboratory Approach to the Nocturnal Dimension of Paranormal Experience: Report of a Confirmatory Study Using the REM Monitoring Technique 9. Psychology and Anomalous Observations: The Question of ESP in Dreams 10. Experimenter Effects and the Remote Detection of Staring 11. Personality Characteristics of ESP Subjects: III. Extraversion and ESP 12. Extraversion and ESP Performance: A Meta-Analysis and a New Confirmation 13. Comments on the Extraversion-ESP Meta-Analysis by Honorton, Ferrari, and Bem 14. Further Studies of Relaxation as a Psi-Conducive State 15. ESP Card Tests of College Students with and without Hypnosis 16. Hypnotic Induction vs. Control Conditions: Illustrating an Approach to the Evaluation of Replicability in Parapsychological Data 17. Yogic Meditation and Psi Scoring in Forced-Choice and Free-Response Tests 18. Meta-Analysis of Psi Ganzfeld Research: A Response to Hyman 19. Does Psi Exist? Replicable Evidence for an Anomalous Process of Information Transfer Contributors Bibliography Index

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisThis expanded and revised text includes 13 experimental reports (five new to this edition) and seven review articles involving meta-analysis and the assessment of evidence in psi research. The author provides a representative sample of the extensive literature in the controversial field., This expanded and revised text includes thirteen experimental reports (five new to this edition) and seven review articles involving meta-analysis and the assessment of evidence in specific areas of psi research. The author provides a representative sample of the extensive literature in the controversial field of parapsychology and presents a few basic experiments illustrating various procedures and broadly reflecting the major trends of psi research. Possible experimental procedures, cumulative evidence showing the replicability of individual experiments, and promising areas of psi research are also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

LC Classification NumberBF1029.B38 2001