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Thalbourne, Michael PDF Print E-mail
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Michael ThalbourneMichael Thalbourne is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide (Australia)  researching, amongst other things, the phenomenon of alleged alien abduction and the degree to which abductees claim to exhibit psychic abilities. An alleged alien abductee claims to have been kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings. Dr. Thalbourne is also doing work on mystical (spiritual) experience. In a few words, mystical experience may involve a sense of being in the presence of a ‘higher power’ and receiving cosmic illumination.

President of the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research
Visiting Research Fellow Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit


BOOKS
A glossary of terms used in parapsychology. London: William Heinemann.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. Thalbourne, M. A. (1989). On the psychology of belief in life after death. In G.K. Zollschan, J.F. Schumaker, & G.F.Walsh (Eds.), Exploring the paranormal: Different perspectives on belief and experience (pp. 215-236). Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom: Prism.
     
  2. Bamber, R. T., Thalbourne, M. A., & Baldwin, R. (1987). Test bank II to accompany Davidoff: Introduction to psychology, Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. [Chapters 1, 2 and Appendix]

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS

  1. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M. A.] (2001). Research note: Effect size in "The transliminal connection between personality and paranormal effects in an experiment with the I Ching", by Storm and Thalbourne (1998-1999). European Journal of Parapsychology, 16, 107-108.
     
  2. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Paranormal effects using sighted and vision-impaired participants in a quasi-ganzfeld task. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 1, 133-170.
     
  3. Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). A layperson's guide to the theory of psychopraxia. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 1, 127-132.
     
  4. Houran, J., & Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Theoretical refinements on entity encounter experiences and transliminality. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 65, 241-256.
     
  5. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Studies of the I Ching: I I. Additional analyses. Journal of Parapsychology, 65, 291-309.
     
  6. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Studies of the I Ching: I. A replication. Journal of Parapsychology, 65, 105-123.
     
  7. Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Broken relationships and claims of psychic phenomena. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 1, 56-60.
     
  8. Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). The paranormal and its place in human relationships: Some hypotheses. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 1, 72-85.
     
  9. Thalbourne, M. A., Houran, J., Alias, A. G., & Brugger, P. (2001). Transliminality, brain function, and synesthesia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189, 190-192.
     
  10. Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Measures of the sheep-goat variable, transliminality, and their correlates. Psychological Reports, 88, 339-350.
     
  11. Thalbourne, M. A., & Hensley, J. H. (2001). Religiosity and belief in the paranormal. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 65, 47.
     
  12. Houran, J., & Thalbourne, M. A. (2001). Further study and speculation on the psychology of "entity encounter experiences." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 65, 26-37.
     
  13. Thalbourne, M. A. (2000). Transliminality: A review. International Journal of Parapsychology, 11(2), 1-34.
     
  14. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M.A. (2000). A paradigm shift away from the ESP/PK dichotomy: The theory of psychopraxia. Journal of Parapsychology, 64, 279-300.
     
  15. Lange, R., Thalbourne, M.A., Houran, J., & Storm, L. (2000). The Revised Transliminality Scale: Reliability and validity data using a top-down purification procedure. Consciousness and Cognition., 9, 591-617.
     
  16. Thalbourne, M.A. (2000). Transliminality and creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior, 34, 193-202.
     
  17. Houran, J., Thalbourne, M.A., & Ashe, D.D. (2000). Testing a psycho-anthropological view of paranormal belief and experience. North American Journal of Psychology, 2, 127-138.
     
  18. Thalbourne, M.A. (2000). Relation between transliminality and openness to experience. Psychological Reports, 86, 909-910.
     
  19. Thalbourne, M.A., & Houran, J. (2000). Transliminality, the Mental Experience Inventory and tolerance of ambiguity. Personality and Individual Differences, 28, 853-863.
     
  20. Thalbourne, M.A. (1999). Relation of transliminality and vividness of visual imagery. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 89, 915-916.
     
  21. Thalbourne, M.A., Keogh, E., & Crawley, S.E. (1999). Manic-depressiveness and its correlates. Psychological Reports, 85, 45-53.
     
  22. Thalbourne, M.A., & Fox, B. (1999). Paranormal and mystical experience: The role of panic attacks and Kundalini. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 93, 99-115.
     
  23. Thalbourne, M.A. (1999). Dualism and the sheep-goat variable: A replication and extension. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 63, 213-216.
     
  24. Thalbourne, M.A. (1999). Personality characteristics of students who believe themselves to be psychic. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 63, 203-212.
     
  25. Thalbourne, M.A. (1999). On the psychology of belief in the paranormal. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 3(3), 17-27.
     
  26. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998-1999). Research note: In search of psi in the I Ching meta-hexagram. European Journal of Parapsychology, 14, 125-129.
     
  27. Storm, L., & Thalbourne, M.A. (1998-1999). The transliminal connection between paranormal effects and personality in an experiment with the I Ching. European Journal of Parapsychology, 14, 100-124.
     
  28. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998-1999). The sheep-goat variable and mystical experience: Their relationship and their levels in a special population. European Journal of Parapsychology, 14, 80-88.
     
  29. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998-1999). Belief in life after death and its relationship to transliminality-relevant variables. European Journal of Parapsychology, 14, 16-30.
     
  30. Thalbourne, M.A., & Delin, P.S. (1999). Transliminality: Its relation to dream-life, religiosity and mystical experience. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 9, 45-61.
     
  31. Thalbourne, M.A., & O'Brien, R. (1999). Belief in the paranormal and religious variables. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 63, 110-122.
     
  32. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998). Transliminality: Further correlates and a short measure. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 92, 402-419.
     
  33. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998). The evidence for survival from Sir Oliver Lodge's Raymond. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 63, 34-39.
     
  34. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998). Technical note: The level of paranormal belief and experience among psychotics. Journal of Parapsychology, 62, 79-81.
     
  35. Thalbourne, M.A., & Bassett, D.L. (1998). The Manic Depressiveness Scale: A preliminary effort at replication and extension. Psychological Reports, 83, 75-80.
     
  36. Thalbourne, M.A., Bartemucci, L., Delin, P.S., Fox, B., & Nofi, O. (1997). Transliminality: Its nature and correlates. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 91, 305-331.
     
  37. Thalbourne, M.A. (1997). Paranormal belief and superstition: How large is the association? Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 91, 221-226.
     
  38. Thalbourne, M.A., & French, C.C. (1997). The sheep-goat variable and belief in non-paranormal anomalous phenomena. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 62, 41-45.
     
  39. Thalbourne, M.A. (1997). Testing the McBeath hypothesis: Relation of sexual orientation and belief in the paranormal. Psychological Reports, 81, 890.
     
  40. Thalbourne, M.A., & Nofi, O. (1997). Belief in the paranormal, superstitiousness and intellectual ability. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 61, 365-371.
     
  41. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). A selection of words added to new edition of dictionary. EHE News, 3, 6-7.
     
  42. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). Technical note: A caution regarding the Knowles apparatus for psi dexterity. Journal of Parapsychology, 60, 251-256.
     
  43. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). Varieties of belief in life after death: A factor analytic study. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 90, 268-291.
     
  44. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). Belief in life after death: Psychological origins and influences. Personality and Individual Differences, 21, 1043-1045.
     
  45. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). An attempt to predict precognition scores using transliminality-relevant variables. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 61, 129-140.
     
  46. Thalbourne, M.A. (1995). Across the threshold: The concept of transliminality. Australian Parapsychological Review. No. 20, pp.3-7.
     
  47. Thalbourne, M.A. (1995). Science versus showmanship: A history of the Randi Hoax. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 344-366.
     
  48. Thalbourne, M.A. (1995). Further studies of the measurement and correlates of belief in the paranormal. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 233-247.
     
  49. Thalbourne, M.A., Dunbar, K.A., & Delin, P.S. (1995). An investigation into correlates of belief in the paranormal. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 215-231.
     
  50. Thalbourne, M.A. (1995). Psychological characteristics of believers in the paranormal: A replicative study. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 153-164.
     
  51. Thalbourne, M.A. (1995). Apollonius of Tyana: A parapsychological perspective. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 60, 240-250.
     
  52. Thalbourne, M.A., & French, C.C. (1995). Paranormal belief, manic-depressiveness, and magical ideation: A replication. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, 291-292.
     
  53. [Anonymous] (1995). Incipient manic psychosis as an exceptional human experience. EHE News, 2, 19-21.
     
  54. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). Postscript to an experiment with the I Ching: How many changing lines? European Journal of Parapsychology, 10, 130-136.
     
  55. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). Conservatism and its relation to various aspects of belief in the paranormal. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 60, 86-94.
     
  56. Thalbourne, M.A., & Delin, P.S. (1994). A common thread underlying belief in the paranormal, creative personality, mystical experience and psychopathology. Journal of Parapsychology, 58, 3-38.
     
  57. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). Are believers in psi more prone to manic-depression? Proceedings of the 37th Annual Parapsychological Association Convention (pp.382-389).
     
  58. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). The SPR Centenary Census: II. The survey of beliefs and experiences. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59, 420-431.
     
  59. Thalbourne, M.A., Delin, P.S., & Bassett, D. (1994). An attempt to construct short scales measuring manic-depressive-like experience and behaviour. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33, 205-207.
     
  60. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). Belief in the paranormal and its relationship to schizophrenia-relevant variables: A confirmatory study. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33, 78-80.
     
  61. McBeath, M.K., & Thalbourne, M.A. (1993). A technical note: The relationship between paranormal belief and some variables relevant to Type A Behavior Pattern. Journal of Parapsychology, 57, 411-415.
     
  62. Thalbourne, M.A., & Delin, P.S. (1993). A new instrument for measuring the sheep-goat variable: Its psychometric properties and factor structure. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59, 172-186. [Translated into Spanish in Revista Mexicana de Psicologia Paranormal, 1996, 1, 35-50.
     
  63. Thalbourne, M.A., Delin, P.S., Barlow, J.A., & Steen, D. (1992-1993). A further attempt to separate the yins from the yangs: A replication of the Rubin-Honorton experiment with the I Ching. European Journal of Parapsychology, 9, 12-23.
     
  64. Thalbourne, M.A. (1992). Belief in the validity of horoscopes as related to the Sheep-Goat Effect. Journal of Parapsychology, 56, 163-168.
     
  65. Thalbourne, M.A., & Evans, L. (1992). Attitudes and beliefs about, and reactions to, staring and being stared at. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 58, 380-385.
     
  66. Thalbourne, M.A., & Delin, P.S. (1991). Analysis of data from psi experiments using within-subjects designs: A discussion and recommendation. Journal of Parapsychology, 55, 391-397.
     
  67. Thalbourne, M.A., & Delin, P.S. (1991). Commentary: Non-significant results: What conclusions can we draw? Australian Parapsychological Review, No.17, 17.
     
  68. Thalbourne, M.A. (1991). The psychology of mystical experience. Exceptional Human Experience, 9, 168-186.
     
  69. Thalbourne, M.A. (1990). A question of experimental technique: Response to White and Grimmer. Australian Psychologist, 25, 363-365.
     
  70. Thalbourne, M.A. (1989). Psychics and ESP: A reply to Grimmer and White. Australian Psychologist, 24, 307-310.
     
  71. Thalbourne, M.A. (1988). Technical note concerning the article "A more powerful method of evaluating data from free-response experiments". Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 55, 85-89.
     
  72. Thalbourne, M.A., & Rosenbaum, R.D. (1986). The origin of the word "parapsychology". Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 53, 225-229.
     
  73. Thalbourne, M.A. (1985). An essay-review of James E. Alcock's Parapsychology: Science or Magic? A Psychological Perspective. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 53, 169-179.
     
  74. Thalbourne, M. A. (1984). Some correlates of belief in psychical phenomena: A partial replication of the Haraldsson findings. Parapsychology Review, 15(2), 13-15.
     
  75. Thalbourne, M. A., & Williams, L. (1984). Varieties of belief in survival: An exploratory study. Theta, 12, 26-29.
     
  76. Thalbourne, M. A. (1981). Extraversion and the sheep-goat variable: A conceptual replication. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 75, 105-119.
     
  77. Thalbourne, M. A., & Haraldsson, E. (1980). Personality characteristics of sheep and goats. Personality and Individual Differences, 1, 180-185.
     
  78. Thalbourne, M. A. (1979). A more powerful method of evaluating data from free-response experiments. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 50, 84-107.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Thalbourne, M.A. (1986). Some further thoughts on living without "ESP" and "PK". In D.H. Weiner & D. Radin (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1985 (pp.141-144). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  2. Thalbourne, M.A. (1986). Sexual preference and motivation in a gender-guessing psi task. In D.H. Weiner & D. Radin (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1985 (pp.50-53). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  3. Thalbourne, M.A. (1985). Are believers in psi more prone to schizophrenia? In R.A. White & J. Solfvin (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1984 (pp.85-88). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  4. Thalbourne, M.A. (1985). The conceptual framework of parapsychology: Time for a reformation. In R.A. White & J. Solfvin (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1984 (pp.55-58). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  5. Thalbourne, M.A., & Williams, L. (1984). Varieties of belief in survival: An exploratory study. In R.A. White & R.S. Broughton (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1983 (pp.66-67). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  6. Thalbourne, M.A., & Haraldsson, E. (1984). A retrospective search for correlates of belief in life-after-death. I. Icelandic data. In R.A. White & R.S. Broughton (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1983 (pp.62-66). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  7. Shafer, M.G., McBeath, M.K., Thalbourne, M.A., & Phillips, P.R. (1983). PK experiments with two special subjects. In W.G. Roll, J. Beloff, & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1982 (pp.66-68). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  8. Thalbourne, M.A., & Shafer, M.G. (1983). An ESP drawing experiment with two ostensible psychokinetes. In W.G. Roll, J. Beloff, & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1982 (pp.62-64). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  9. Thalbourne, M.A., Beloff, J., Delanoy, D., & Jungkuntz, J.H. (1983). Some further tests of the extraverted sheep vs. introverted goats hypothesis. In W.G. Roll, J. Beloff, & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1982 (pp.199-200). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  10. Thalbourne, M.A. (1983). A proposed mechanism for the sheep-goat effect and its relationship to psi-missing, experimenter effect, and the problem of repeatability. In W.G. Roll, J. Beloff, & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1982 (pp.89-92). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  11. Thalbourne, M.A., & Jungkuntz, J.H. (1983). Extraverted sheep vs. introverted goats: Experiments VII and VIII. Journal of Parapsychology, 47, 49-51.
     
  12. Thalbourne, M.A., Beloff, J., & Delanoy, D. (1982). A test of the "extraverted sheep vs. introverted goats" hypothesis. In W.G. Roll, R.L. Morris & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1981 (pp.155-156). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  13. Harding, S.E., & Thalbourne, M.A. (1981). Transcendental Meditation, clairvoyant ability and psychological adjustment. In W.G. Roll & J. Beloff (Eds.), Research in parapsychology 1980 (pp.71-73). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  14. Thalbourne, M.A. (1980). Two long-distance ESP drawing experiments between Austria and Iceland. In W.G. Roll (Ed.), Research in parapsychology 1979 (pp.174-177). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.
     
  15. Thalbourne, M.A., & Haraldsson, E. (1980). Personality characteristics of sheep and goats. In W.G. Roll (Ed.), Research in parapsychology 1979 (pp.100-104). Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press.

ABSTRACTS

  1. Thalbourne, M.A.(1991b). The psychology of mystical experience. [Abstract] Exceptional Human Experience, 9, 269.
     
  2. Thalbourne, M.A. (1984). The SPR Centenary Census: I. The ESP test. [Abstract] Journal of Parapsychology, 48, 238-239.
     
  3. Thalbourne, M.A. (1982). Some experiments on the paranormal cognition of drawings, with special reference to personality and attitudinal variables. [Abstract] Journal of Parapsychology, 46, 171-172. [Also appears as Abstract #474 in Parapsychology Abstracts International, 1983, 1, 81.]

ARTICLES IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  1. Thalbourne, M.A. (2000). Ghosts in the computer? The Paranormal Review, No.14, 17.
     
  2. Thalbourne, M.A. (1999). Nirvana Nirvana. The Paranormal Review, No.11, 17.
     
  3. Thalbourne, M.A. (1998). Dissociation and the paranormal: A puzzling episode. The Paranormal Review, No.8, 17-18.
     
  4. Thalbourne, M.A. (1996). A selection of words added to new dictionary. EHE News, 3, 6-7.
     
  5. Thalbourne, M.A. (1994). A parapsychological experiment with the I Ching. Paranormal Phenomena Research Foundation Newsletter. December, pp. 4-5.
     
  6. Thalbourne, M.A. (1993). Report of a recent study. Newsletter of the Self-Help (M.D.P.) Inc., 93, 7-8.
     
  7. Thalbourne, M.A. (1986). Vetenskap kontra skådespeleri: Fallet med James Randis bluff. [Science versus showmanship: The case of the Randi Hoax.] Sökaren, 23, no.4-5, pp.2-10, 25.
     
  8. Thalbourne, M.A. (1984). The Randi hoax: Science or showmanship? [Epitomized by Dr. Michael Hough] Bulletin of the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, no.3, pp.5-7, 16.

BOOK REVIEWS

  1. Thalbourne, M. A., & Storm, L. (2001). Review of the book Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. (Edited by Ron Roberts & David Groome). Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 1, 178-182.
     
  2. Thalbourne, M. A. (1996). Review of the book Alternative realities: The paranormal, the mystic and the transcendent in human experience. (by Leonard George). Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 90, 154-156.
     
  3. Thalbourne, M. A. (1994). Review of the book An introduction to parapsychology (2nd edition) (by Harvey J. Irwin). Australian Parapsychological Review, No. 19, 37.
     
  4. Thalbourne, M. A. (1994). Review of the book Parapsychology: The controversial science (by Richard S. Broughton). Australian Parapsychological Review, No. 19, 33-34.
     
  5. Thalbourne, M. A. (1984). Review of the book J.B. Rhine: On the frontiers of science (Edited by K.R. Rao). Theta, 12, 71-72.

     

    6. We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.

 
Taylor, Robin PDF Print E-mail
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Robin Taylor1994-2003 - Lecturer in psychology, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands.

1992-1994 - Post-doctoral research fellow at the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology, University of the Edinburgh, Scotland.

Worked with Dean Radin in helping to set up the second automated Ganzfeld at KPU. Current research has diversified into cross cultural research (many areas). Currently working hardest in parapsychological research in establishing stronger theoretical links between evolutionary theory and psi phenomena.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Taylor, R. (1999) Conducting Parapsychological Research in Different Ethnic Cultures: Prospects, Problems and Solutions in Fiji. International Journal of Parapsychology, 11, 43-67.

Taylor, R.K. (In Press). Chapter 6. Imagery. (Vol. A-Z of Parapsychology). London: Routledge.

Taylor, R. K. (In press). Evolutionary Theory and Psi: Reviewing and revising some need-serving models in psychic functioning. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Jan 2003.

Radin, D., Taylor R. and Braud W. (1995) Remote Mental Influence of Human Electrodermal Activity: an pilot replication. European Journal of Parapsychology, 11, 19-34.

Personal website

We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.

 
Utts, Jessica PDF Print E-mail
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Jessica M. Utts Professor of Statistics University of California, Davis

Collaborated with Professor Ray Hyman (University of Oregon) to prepare a report assessing the statistical evidence for psychic functioning in U.S. government sponsored research. The report was part of a review done by the American Institutes of Research (AIR) at the request of Congress and the CIA.

Personal website

Selected Publications:

Utts, J. M. (1986).The Ganzfeld debate: a statistician's perspective . Journal of Parapsychology, 50:393-402.

G. P. Hansen and J. Utts. (1987). Use of both sum of ranks and direct hits in free-response psi experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 51:321-335.

Utts, J. (1987). Psi, statistics, and society. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10:615-616.

Palmer, J. A., C. Honorton and J. Utts. (1988). Reply to the National Research Council study on parapsychology, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 83(1):31-49.

Utts, J. (1988). Successful replication versus statistical significance. Journal of Parapsychology, 52(4):305-320.

Radin, D. and J. Utts. (1989). Experiments investigating the influence of intention on random and pseudorandom events. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 3(1):65-79.

Utts, J. (1989). Randomness and randomization tests: A reply to Gilmore. Journal of Parapsychology , 53(4):345-351.

May, E. C., J. M. Utts, B. S. Humphrey, W. Luke, T.J. Frivold, and V. V. Trask. (1990). Advances in Remote Viewing, Journal of Parapsychology, 54(3), 193-228.

Utts, J. M. (1991). Replication and meta-analysis in parapsychology (with discussion). Statistical Science , 6(4), 363-403.

Hansen G. P., J. M. Utts, and B. Markwick. (1992). Critique of the PEAR remote viewing experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 56(2), 97-113.

Utts, J. (1993). Analyzing free-response data--a progress report. In PSI Research Methodology--A Reexamination, ed. L. Coly and J. D. S. McMahon, Parapsychology Foundation, New York, 71-83.

Utts, J. (1993). Honorton the Meta-Analyst. Journal of Parapsychology, 57(1), 89-100.

Krippner, S., W. Braud, I. L. Child, J. Palmer, K. R. Rao, M. Schlitz, R. A. White and J. M. Utts. (1993). Demonstration research and meta-analysis in parapsychology. Journal of Parapsychology, 57(3), 275-286.

Utts, J. (1994). Social, Institutional, and Cultural Influences of Gender on Science. In Women and Parapsychology, ed. L. Coly and R. A. White, Parapsychology Foundation, New York, 28-44.

May, E. C., J. M. Utts and S. J. P Spottiswoode. (1995). Decision augmentation theory: Toward a model of anomalous mental phenomena. Journal of Parapsychology, 59(3), 195-220.

May, E. C., J. M. Utts, S. J. P. Spottiswoode and C. J. James. (1995). Applications of decision augmentation theory. Journal of Parapsychology, 59(3), 221-250.

May, E. C., J. M. Utts and S. J. P. Spottiswoode. (1995). Decision Augmentation Theory: Applications to the Random Number Generator Database. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(4), 453-488.

Utts, J. M. (1995). "Model selection in parapsychology: psychokinesis, precognition or chance?" in Modeling and Prediction: Honoring Seymour Geisser, Springer-Verlag.

Utts, J. M. (1996). An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning , Journal of Scientific Exploration, 10 (1), 3-30. Also in Journal of Parapsychology, 59(4), 289-320.

Utts, J. M. (1996). Response to Ray Hyman's Report of September 11, 1995, "Evaluation of Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena." Journal of Scientific Exploration 10(1), 59-61. Also in Journal of Parapsychology, 59(4), 353-356.

Josephson, Brian and Jessica Utts. (1996). The Paranormal and its Implications for Consciousness, London Times Higher Education Supplement, reprinted in The Paranormal and the Platonic Worlds: Readings from Brian Josephson, in Japanese translation, Tokuma Shoten (publisher), Tokyo.

Utts. Jessica (1996). "Exploring Psychic Functioning: Statistics and Other Issues" Stats: The Magazine for Students of Statistics, 16, 3-8.

Utts, Jessica. (1996). "Statistics and the Paranormal"; in The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal, ed. by Gordon Stein, Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 722-729.

Utts, Jessica. (1999). "The Significance of Statistics in Mind-Matter Research," Journal of Scientific Exploration, 13(4), 615-638.

We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.

 
Varvoglis, Mario PDF Print E-mail
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sexta, 10 setembro 2004
Mario VarvoglisDr. Mario Varvoglis (email), President of the Parapsychological Association (2001-2002), has been involved in psi research since the mid-1970s, beginning with experimental studies of remote perception and altered states of consciousness at the Maimonides Hospital Dream Laboratory (Brooklyn, New York). From 1979 to 1985, he conducted full-time research at Psychophysical Research Laboratories (PRL) in Princeton, New Jersey, where he collaborated on computer-based studies of psi phenomena and their relationship to mental and physiological factors. He was centrally involved in the design and execution of the well-known PRL ganzfeld-telepathy studies , today acknowledged as one of the most reliable sources of experimental evidence for ESP. He also contributed substantially to the now burgeoning field of micro-psychokinesis ("micro-PK"), exploring anomalous human-machine interactions with hardware Random Number Generators (RNGs) .

Besides his professional publications, Mario is author of La Rationalité de l'Irrationnel, an analysis of contemporary psi research and its social and theoretical implications. He has been invited to present his work in numerous scientific congresses in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Scotland, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

He is currently the Director of the Institut Métapsychique International (IMI) located in Paris, France and a Full Member of the Parapsychological Association--the only recognized scientific organization of scientific professionals dedicated to the study of psychic phenomena. [The Parapsychological Association has been an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969]. [Technically speaking, only members of the Parapsychological Association are "parapsychologists," though many people usurp this title]

Since moving to France, he has turned to the development of stand-alone educational and testing software -- applying technology to allow people to explore their own psi potentials, outside the artificial context of laboratories, and independent of religious systems or cults. His Psi Explorer CD-ROM, merging scientific methodologies with personal development techniques, expresses a deep-seated belief that the "democratization" and demystification of psychic phenomena may be our best protection against their misuse.

NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED:
Le Sixième sens : Science et paranormal de Mario Varvoglis, Marie-Monique Robin
 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Conscious-purposive focus and PK : RNG activity in relation to awareness, task-orientation and feedback. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1986, 80, 1-30.

Goal-Directed and Observer-Dependent PK : An Evaluation of the Conformance-Behavior Model and the Observational Theories. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1986, 80, 137-162.

A Psychic Contest Using a Computer-RNG Task in a Non-Laboratory setting. Research In Parapsychology 1988.

Guérison Psychique : Recherches expérimentales et hypothèses théoriques. Revue Française de Psychotronique, 1989, 2, 3, 97-111.

Psi communication in the ganzfeld: Experiments with an automated testing system and a comparison with a meta-analysis of earlier studies (with others). Journal of Parapsychology, 1990, 54, 99-139.

Visages: A computer-based test of face-precognition (with others). Research In Parapsychology 1990.

La Rationalité de l'Irrationnel. InterEditions: Paris, 1992.

Anglo-Saxon vs. Latin Parapsychology: Underlying the communication barrier. European Journal of Parapsychology, May 1992.

Tribute to Charles Honorton: The later Maimonides years. Journal of Parapsychology, 1993, Vol. 57.

Nonlocality on a human scale: Psi and consiousness research. In S.Hameroff et al (Eds.) Toward a Scientific Basis of Consciousness. MIT Press: Massachussets, 1996.

Conceptual frameworks for the study of transpersonal consciousness. World Futures, 1997, Vol. 48, pp.105-113.

Psi Explorer CD-ROM : Multimedia Parapsychology. Consciousness Reframed ‘97, Proceedings of a conference at the Univ. of Wales, Newport, England, August 1997

We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.

 
Walker, Evan Harris PDF Print E-mail
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Evan Harris WalkerDr. Walker is the author of The Physics of Consciousness (Perseus Books: 2000). He is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern science of consciousness research. He was the first to propose a theory of the nature of consciousness tied to well-known physical principles of quantum mechanics and based on quantitative physical and neurophysiological data. He has made significant contributions to the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and originated the ‘Quantum Observer Theory’ relating to state vector collapse that is of significance to parapsychology. Both of these theories have been supported by extensive and predicted experimental results. He has also contributed to the fields of neurophysiology, specifically to the mechanism of synaptic functioning, and in psychology to understanding optical illusion phenomena. 

Dr. Walker is recognized for his discovery of the role of Albert Einstein’s wife, Mileva Maric´  Einstein, in the development of the theory of relativity. His discovery has received worldwide attention. His on-going physics research is directed toward the problems of Big Bang cosmology, black hole phenomena, and dark matter in the universe.  

Dr. Walker has developed numerous concepts and designs that have resulted in numerous inventions including one invention in the field of solar energy and a recent development in the field of environmental protection. His inventions were introduced into the design of the Abrams Tank used in the Gulf War, contributing to the saving of 48 lives (by actual count) during that conflict. He made significant contributions on behalf of the U. S. Government's interests to delay and mitigate the Yom Kippur War that occurred in 1973. Dr. Walker has also contributed significantly to non-nuclear designs for ballistic missile defense. 

Dr. Walker has made contributions to the US Satellite Program in the development of formulas to determine satellite electric field effects on plasma probes and instrumentation. Dr. Walker is an authority on lunar surface phenomena, particularly in the areas of photoelectric effects on surface features, meteoric impact effects, cratering statistics, surface and subsurface structure, and erosion transport mechanisms on the moon. 

Dr. Walker continues his research in cancer chemotherapy as the Director of the Walker Cancer Research Institute at its laboratory in Tallahassee (with collaborative programs at Florida State University and the National Magnet Laboratory), and its laboratory in Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan. The main offices of the WCRI are located near Dr. Walker’s home in Aberdeen Maryland.

Dr. Walker received his doctorate from the University of Maryland in 1964. He has dedicated his life to answering one riddle—it is the central question of philosophy and the oft-forgotten origin of scientific thought itself: What is consciousness? When we ask, “Who are we; what are we; why are we here?” are we not asking, “What is the nature of consciousness; can neither science nor religion explain who am I? In Dr. Walker’s opinion, his answer to this question incidentally also answers the question: what are psi phenomena; what is their cause?

Dr. Walker received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Parapsychological Association in 2001. 

Position Statement:
Members of the parapsychological community are often asked about their belief or skepticism about the reality of parapsychological phenomena. I have this to say: the phenomena are real. I have 9 reasons for this statement. I give them in ascending order of their importance.

1. I have seen them happen.
2. I have done them—made them happen.
3. I have experimentally verified their reality in formal, reported experimentation.
4. J. B. Rhine adequately verified their reality experimentally.
5. A large number of competent experimental scientists have independently confirmed and expanded on Rhine’s work.
6. The phenomena are consistent with quantum mechanical principles.
7. These phenomena can and have been incorporated into a theory known as the Quantum Observer Theory of Psi Phenomena.
8. With these phenomena included, physics provides a more complete scientific understanding than we would have in their absence.
9. Careful and competent researchers have independently tested and verified surprising and unexpected predictions of this Quantum Observer Theory of Psi Phenomena.

Websites:
Personal Site
Walker Cancer Research Institute
 Quantum Theory of Consciousness©
The Nature of Consciousness

Online Publications
· Dualism, Causal Loops in Time, and the Quantum Observer Theory of Paraphysical Phenomena
· Consciousness Collapse of the State Vector as Support for the Quantum Observer Theory
 · Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in Synaptic and Ephaptic Transmission

A Selection of Publications Germane to Parapsychology:
“The Nature of Consciousness,” Mathematical BioSciences 7, 131—178, 1970.

“Consciousness as a Hidden Variable,” Physics Today 24, 39, 1971.

“Consciousness in the Quantum Theory of Measurement, Part I,” J. Study Cons. 5, 46—63, 1972.

“Consciousness in the Quantum Theory of Measurement, Part II,” J. Study Cons. 5, 257—276, 1972/1973.

“Application of the Quantum Theory of Consciousness to the Problem of Psi Phenomena,” J. Study Cons. 5, 276—277, 1972/1973.

“A Mathematical Theory of Optical Illusions and Figural Aftereffects,” Perception and Psychophysics 13, 467—486, 1973.

“Spurious Allusions,” Perception and Psychophysics 16, 419—425, 1974.

“Consciousness and Quantum Theory,” in Psychic Exploration (Editor: Edgar D. Mitchell), 543—568, Putnam Press, New York, 1974.

“Foundations of Paraphysical and Parapsychological Phenomena,” in Quantum Physics and Parapsychology (Editor:  L. Oteri), 1—53, Parapsychology Foundation, New York, 1975.

“Quantum Mechanics/Psi Phenomena, The Theory and Suggestions for New Experiments,” J. Res. Psi Phenom. 1, 38—52, 1976.

“Effects of Trial Rate on Subject Scores in Quantum Mechanical Random Number Generator PK Tests,” J. Res. Psi Phenom. 1, 44—55, 1976.

“Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in Synaptic and Ephaptic Transmission,” Int. J. Quantum Chemistry 11, 103—127, 1977.

“The Compleat Quantum Mechanical Anthropologist,” in Parapsychology and Anthropology (Editor: Joseph K. Long), Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1977.

“Comparison of Some Theoretical Predictions of Schmidt's Mathematical Theory and Walker's Quantum Mechanical Theory of Psi,” J. Res. in Psi Phenomena 2, 54—70, 1977.

“The Quantum Mechanical Theory of Consciousness: A Response to the Critique by Chari,” J. Indian Psychology 1, 130—153, 1978.

“The Quantum Theory of Psi Phenomena,” Psychoenergetic Systems 3, 259—299, 1979.

“Matching Bits with the Computer,” Psychology Today 15, p 108, June 1981.

“Book Review: Mind at Large by C. T. Tart, H. E. Puthoff, and R. Targ,” J. Parapsychology, Dec. 1981.

“A Critical Review of Taylor and Balanovshi's Work,” Psychoenergetics 4, 25—45, 1981.

“Book Review: Extra-Sensory Perception of Quarks by Stephen M. Phillips,” Theta 10, # 1, 20—21, 1982.

“Book Review: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World by Robert Jahn,” Parapsychological Review 13, # 4, 18—21, 1982.

“Introduction,” Advances in Parapsychological Research, Vol. 4, (Editor: Dr. Stanley Krippner), McFarland & Co., Jefferson NC & London, 1984.

“A Review of Criticisms of the Quantum Mechanical Theory of Psi Phenomena,” J. of Parapsychology 48, 277—332, 1984.

“Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness,” J. Indian Psychology 4, No. 2, 21—26, 1985.

“On the Mathematics of Scientific Belief Systems,” in The Repeatability Problem in Parapsychology (Editors: B. Shapin and L. Coly), pages 98—143, Proceedings of the International Conference held in San Antonio, TX, 28—29 Oct 83, published by the Parapsychology Foundation, Inc., New York, 1985.

“A Comparison of the Intuitive Data Sorting and Quantum Mechanical Observer Theories,” J. Parapsychology 51, 217—227, 1987.

“Information Measures in Quantum Mechanics,” Physica B 151, 332—338, 1988.

“Testing Schrödinger's paradox with a Michelson Interferometer,” (with Drs. E. C. May, S. J. P. Spottiswoode, and T. Piantanida), Physica B 151, 339—348, 1988.

“Ms. Einstein,” 1990 AAAS Annual Meeting Abstracts, p 141, 15—20 Feb 1990.

“Did Einstein Espouse His Spouse's Ideas”? Physics Today 42, pp 9—11, Feb 1989.

(Rebuttal Article) Physics Today 44, pp 122—124, May 90.

“Ms. Einstein,” The Baltimore Sun, Editorial p 11A, 30 Mar 1990. 

“The Quantum Theory of Consciousness,” The Noetic Journal, Vol. 1 #1, June 1997, pp 100-107.

Book: The Physics of Consciousness, Perseus Press: Boston, MA. Published January, 2000.

“Idealized Brush Strokes,” a computer art graphics published in Computers and Automation 17, # 8, 14, 1968.

“Computer Graphics,” published as journal cover illustration in The Reflector, IEEE 17, 1968.

“Computer Art Illustration,” published as cover illustration for J. Soc. Info. Display 6, 2, 1969.

“Science/Consciousness/Religion,” Science of Mind 47, 34—43, 1974.

“The Scientific Study of Consciousness and its Significance for Religion,” in Toward a Science of Consciousness, (Editor:  J. W. White) W. A. Benjamin Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 1974.

“Consciousness and Quantum Physics,” in Future Science, (Editor: John White) Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977.

“Evan Harris Walker Comments on Edward W. Karnes, et al., Re: Remote Viewing,” Zetetic Scholar 7, 1980.

“Evan Harris Walker Replies to Edward W. Karnes Reply to Evan Harris Walker's Comments on Edward W. Karnes, et al., Re: Remote Viewing,” Zetetic Scholar 8, 1981.

“Pragmatic Dualism and Bifurcated Idealism. Philosophical Consequences of the Scientific Study of Consciousness: Comments on John Beloff's Paper,” Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, 1985.

“The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness,” in The Physical Nature of Consciousness, edited by Philip Van Loocke, John Benjamins Amsterdam/Philadelphia pp. 63—82, 2001.

We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.

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