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Dick J. Bierman (University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University) has been active
in the field of parapsychology for over two decades, though he is skeptical
about the reality of psi phenomena. At least in the way we understand objective
reality, the world of public and shared data.
In his recent article, he suggests that in order to accommodate psi phenomena
we might have to propose new types of realities, intermediate between the
subjective but hardly deniable reality of consciousness and objective physical
reality. Thus psi phenomena could have some restricted reality within a group of
observers.
After a PhD in experimental physics he became involved in research in Artificial
Intelligence more specifically ‘Intelligent’ tutoring systems. This resulted in
a focus n individual learning and later learning during altered states of
consciousness most notable learning during sleep. Also the importance of
affective rather than cognitive processes in individual teaching lead him to
interest in non-conscious emotions and their role in (intuitive) decision
making. In that context his work on pre-sentiment, the apparent anomalous
activation of bodily arousal preceding emotional events, found a natural
context.
More recently he started to try to get an empirical handle on the relation
between quantum physics and consciousness. He is currently engaged in
experiments that might clarify this relation. The ORCH-OR model by Hameroff-Penrose
is indirectly tested by measuring decoherence times of the rhodopsin molecule in
the living retina. The Walker-Stapp dualistic model for the collapse of the wave
function is tested using a method earlier explored by Abner Shimoni. In contrast
to Shimoni’s approach the dependent measure is not a conscious ‘guess’about the
state of the observed quantum event but it is the early (non conscious) part of
the evoked brain potential.
Further work in psi related areas are his development of true random number
generators (now available through a company called ORION) and his active
participation in the Global Consciousness project where many of these RNG’s are
used.
Publications:
Many publications can be found on
Dick
Bierman’s website
If you can’t find there what you are looking for please
mail Dick BiermanWe thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.
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 Theo de Graaf was born in Holland in 1941 during German occupation.
After graduating from school in 1958, he enrolled as a medical student
at Leyden University. After having completed his final examinations in
medicine in 1966, he worked for a short time as a substitute general
practitioner and subsequently started his specialization in psychiatry
under the supervision of Prof. Jan Bastiaans, who at the time headed
the Jelgersma Clinic.
In 1967 De Graaf emigrated to Israel, where he pursued his
specialization in the psychiatric ward of Rambam Hospital at Haifa. In
Jerusalem he worked in the child-psychiatric department of Hadassah
University Hospital, the closed ward of Talbieh Hospital, and in the
Kibbutz Mother- and Child Guidance Center of Oranim.
From 1971-1978 De Graaf served as a military psychiatrist in the
Israeli Defence Forces. During and after the Yom Kippur War (1973) he
participated in the assessment and treatment of soldiers who suffered
from a Combat Stress Reaction. In 1976 he conducted research into the
influence of childhood experiences and of the psychological conditions
of combat on the vulnerability to post-traumatic ailment. In 1978 De
Graaf was registered as an Israeli medical specialist.
In 1979 De Graaf returned to the Netherlands with his family. After
having worked as a resident in the psychiatric and neurological
departments of the Amsterdam Medical Center, in 1980 he obtained his
Dutch registration as a medical specialist.
From 1981 until the present De Graaf has been working as a
psychiatrist-psychotherapist in Alphen aan den Rijn. In 1992 he
founded a private center, the Orpheus Institute for medical and
creative psychotherapy.
In 1998 he obtained his doctorate at Tilburg University with a
dissertation on 1-st and 2-nd generational traumatic roots of
psychiatric and psychosomatic ailment.
De Graaf was a co-founder of the Dutch Psychotrauma Study Group. In
1997 he set up, together with some colleague-psychiatrists and
jurists, a 'medico-legal committee for victims of war' for the
protection of the legal rights of Dutch war victims. He is an active
member of the Israeli-Palestinian peace movement.
De Graaf has conducted research on the psychiatric and psychosomatic
sequels of individual and transgenerational traumatization. He is
author and co-author of several articles in national and international
journals. He has also conducted research concerning the possible
traumatic roots of so-called paranormal phenomena such as portentous
dreams and psychokinesis. In his therapeutic work he strives to
combine family-dynamic principles with psychoanalytic
object-relational insights.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Aarts, P.G.H., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1990). Family
dynamics in transgenerational traumatisation: projective
identification. Paper read on the Second European Conference on
Traumatic Stress, September, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1975). Pathological patterns of
identification in families of survivors of the Holocaust.
Israel Annals of Psychiatry & Related Disciplines, 13,
335‑363.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1976). Preliminary findings of
the research project 'The Pathogenesis of War Neurosis'.
Internal publication (Hebrew) of the Research Dpt. of the IDF
Mental Health Services, Tel‑Hashomer, Israel.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1978). Sexual role and dependency
conflicts in the premorbid personality of sufferers from war
neurotic conditions and the interaction of those and other
background variables with the specific stressors and psychological
conditions of combat. Paper read on the 2‑nd International
Congress on the Psychological Adjustment to Stress during War and
Peace, Jerusalem.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1986). 'Second generation'
effects in a non‑Jewish, Dutch, population applying for
psychiatric help; a discussion of the pertinent family dynamics.
Paper presented at the 5th International Congress of Family
Therapy, Jerusalem.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1988). Experimental support for
the validity of an object‑relations theory in describing the
pathodynamics of traumatic neurosis and of psychiatric or
psychosomatic disease. Read at the 17th European Conference on
Psychosomatic Research. September, Marburg, Germany.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1993). Chronic PTSD in military
veterans: pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment. Paper
read at the yearly meeting of Dutch reserve military physicians.
Delft, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1995). De overdracht,
tegenoverdracht en tegen‑tegenoverdracht bij verbale en
pre‑verbale vormen van therapie bij posttraumatische syndromen van
de eerste en tweede generatie. [Transference, countertransference,
and counter‑countertransference in verbal and preverbal forms of
therapy of first‑ and second generation posttraumatic syndromes.]
Paper read at the annual meeting of the Dutch Society for
Dance‑ and Drama Therapy. Januari 21‑th. Tilburg, The
Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1996a). Het Dunne‑effect en de
implicaties daarvan voor ons denken over ruimte, tijd en evolutie.
[The Dunne effect and its implications for our thinking about
space, time, and evolution.] Spiegel der Parapsychologie, 35,
3‑24.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1996b). Jeruzalem‑syndromen: over
godsdienst, geloofstwijfel en waanvorming. [The Jerusalem
syndromes: religion, religious doubts, and delusions.] In: W.
Haan, A. Van Harskamp, & I. Jansen (Red.), Jeruzalem: Beeld en
Realiteit [Jerusalem: Image and Reality] (pp. 76‑87). Kampen,
the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Kok.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997a). Transgenerationele
traumatisering als (mede)veroorzaker van delinquent gedrag bij
jongeren; een verkennende studie. [Transgenerational
traumatisation as a (conjunctural) cause of delinquent behaviour
in adolescents; an exploratory study.] In T.I. Oei & A.M. van
Kalmthout (Eds.), 'Psychiatrie en justitiabelen' (pp.
201‑220). Arnhem, the Netherlands: Gouda Quint B.V.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997b). Familiendynamik bei
transgenerationeller Traumatisierung: Narzißtische
("introjektive") und projektive Identifizierung als elterlicher
Abwehrmechanismus. [Family dynamics in transgenerational
traumatisation: narcissistic ('introjective') and projective
identification as a parental defence mechanism] Zeitschrift für
psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis (Journal for Psychoanalytical
Theory and Practice), 12, 425‑448.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997c). Psychodynamische en
psychobiologische aspecten van posttraumatische stoornissen.
[Psychodynamic and psychobiological aspects of posttraumatic
disturbances.] Lecture held at a scientific meeting of the
Dutch Society of Psychoanalysis (Nederlandse Vereniging voor
Psychoanalyse), oktober, 1997. Amsterdam.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1998a). A family therapeutic
approach to transgenerational traumatization. Family Process,
37, 233‑243
De Graaf, Th.K. (1998b). Trauma and Psychiatry:
The role of individual and transgenerational traumatisation in the
causation of psychobiological illness. Tilburg, the
Netherlands: Tilburg University Press.
Graaf, Th.K. de (1998c). Psychodynamische en psychobiologische
aspecten van posttraumatische stoornissen [Psychodynamic and
psychobiological aspects of posttraumatic disturbances].
Mededelingenblad Ned.Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 322-341.
Graaf,
Th.K. de (1999a). Traumaonderzoek in de forensische psychiatrie
[Trauma research in forensic psychiatry]. Paper presented at the
27-th Congress of the Dutch Psychiatric Association,
Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1999b). Healing the wounds: About a
possible connection between severe traumatic experiences and
parapsychological phenomena. Paper read at the 2‑nd Convention of
the Dutch Society for the Study of Consciousness and Meaning in
Psychiatry. Vught, the Netherlands, November 1998 (in Dutch;
English version submitted for publication.)
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000a). Van hermeneutiek naar
empirie: de verwerking van psychodynamische concepten en
gedachtegangen tot toetsbare onderzoekshypothesen. [From
hermeneutics to empiricism: Transformation of psychodynamic
reasoning and concepts into testable research hypotheses.] In: T.I.
Oei & M.S. Groenhuijsen (Eds.), Forensische psychiatrie anno
2000. Actuele ontwikkelingen in breed perspectief (pp.393-420).
[Forensic psychiatry in the year 2000. Recent developments in broad
perspective.] Deventer, The Netherlands: Gouda Quint.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000b). Possible biological
determinants of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). Paper read at the
28-th Congress of the Dutch Psychiatric Association, Maastricht,
The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000-2001). Agressie als
creatief-energetisch principe in dienst van afweer en
bewustwording. [Aggression as a creative-energetic principle in the
service of defense and consciousness-raising.] Haptonomisch
Contact (3 consecutive issues).
De Graaf, Th.K. (2001a). Trauma and precognition:
Anticipatory awareness of emotionally charged targets by individuals
who went through shocking experiences. Paper read at the 44-th
Convention of the Parapsychological Association, New York,
August 2001.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2002). From
hermeneutics to empiricism: Building testable research hypotheses on
the study of individual cases.
Submitted for publication.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2003). Healing the wounds? About a
possible connection between severe traumatic experiences and
parapsychological phenomena. Submitted for publication.
De Graaf, Th.K., Aghassy, G., & Van Walbeek, H.K.
(1993). An orientating study on premorbid traumatic experiences in
multiple sclerosis (MS) (Dutch, with English Summary). Gedrag en
Gezondheid, 21, 49‑55.
De Graaf, Th.K., Defares, P.B., De Levita, D.J., &
Slijkerman, A.J.M. (1989). Applicability of DSM‑III(‑R) criteria for
diagnosing posttraumatic disturbance in 160 Israeli veterans of the
1973 Yom Kippur War. Unpublished manuscript.
De Graaf, Th.K., & Oei, T.I. (1997). An exploratory
study of the prevalence of perinatal problems, parental trauma and
genetic‑constitutional determinants in the life histories of ten
randomly selected DSM‑IV defined schizophrenic patients and their
parents. A research proposal. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse
Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 12, 305‑311.
De Graaf, Th.K., & Van der Molen, G.M. (1989).
Projectgroep van de Commissie 'Causaliteitsbeoordeling en
protocollering bij oorlogsgetroffenen' ['Causality assessment and
protocolling in victims of war and persecution'], The Hague:
Ministry of Health.
De Graaf, Th.K, & Van der Molen, G.M. (1996). A
Personal Sensitisation Factor (PSF) mediating between life events
and post‑traumatic psychiatric or psychosomatic disease in adult
life. European Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.10 (3), 137‑148.
El Sarraj, E., De Graaf, Th.K., Mozes, R.,
Mozes-Hrusovski, R., & Volkan, V. (2001). Joint statement to the
Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Israeli-Palestinian Committee
for Mental Health and Peace (IPCMHP).
Oei, T.I., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1993). Trauma
treatment: 'safety first'. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse
Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 8, 34‑42.
Op den Velde, W., Aarts, P.G.H., & De Graaf, Th.K.
(1991). Kinderen van verzetsdeelnemers. [Children of resistance
fighters.] In W.H.G. Wolters (Ed.), Psychotrauma bij jongeren
(pp. 157‑178). Baarn, The Netherlands: Ambo.
Op den Velde, W., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1985).
Psychische problemen bij kinderen van verzetsdeelnemers (I).
[Psychological problems of children of resistance fighters.]
ICODO‑Info, 239‑51.
Op den Velde, W., De Graaf, Th.K., & Aarts, P.G.H.
(1991). Intergenerational transmission of trauma in children of
Dutch war victims. Paper read at the ISTSS Annual Meeting,
October, Washington D.C. We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.
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 There are about forty people in Britain who have a PhD in Parapsychology - the exploration of psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance and psychokinesis - and the majority of them are working within the University system.
Serena Roney-Dougal, however, has decided instead to put her unusual qualification to good use, by opening out the study of this previously esoteric field and introducing it to a wider public.
Setting up her own research organisation, the Psi Research Centre, in Glastonbury, Somerset - thought of by many as the very heart of the British esoteric tradition - Serena has spent the last twenty years giving lectures, teaching courses and presenting weekend workshops on parapsychology, mental development and yoga.
Serena has been working in and studying parapsychology for over 25 years, and her interests in the subject are wide ranging. Her highly successful series of classes in her home town took students through a list of apparently diverse topics - from ghosts and poltergeists to laboratory research; from divination techniques to out-of-body experiences; and much more - showing that they are all linked to a common core of knowledge that spans thousands of years. Now she is teaching parapsychology to M.Sc. students at the world's first yoga university, Bihar Yoga Bharati, in India, combining the western scientific methods of parapsychology with the eastern mystical knowledge of yoga.
An important element in Serena's work is her study of the role of the pineal gland in sensitivity to psychic phenomena and the associated chakra system. Her latest research involves working with a healer on an organic farm, and exploring psychic awareness in an ashram.
Serena has written extensively on various aspects of the paranormal, both for academic journals and conferences, and for popular magazines and books. She has also written a book "Where Science and Magic Meet", reprinted 5th times by the original publisher and now republished by Vega Books. She has just written the Faery Faith, Green Magic Books, 2003.
PSI RESEARCH CENTRE,
14 Selwood Rd.,
Glastonbury,
Somerset BA6 8HN,
Britain
E-mail
Website
11 'O' Levels, and 3 'A' levels in Physics, Chemistry and Biology;
1970: One year at Dundee University studying anatomy,
physiology and biochemistry;
1971-1974: Three years at University College, London resulting
in Psychology B.Sc. Hons.
1977: Started PhD in Parapsychology City University, London,
concerning the relationship between telepathy and subliminal
perception.
1978: Research into pineal gland starts.
1980: After three years of research I left City University and
was accepted by Surrey University under Professor Terence Lee who had
supervised two other people doing Parapsychology PhDs, Ernesto
Spinelli and Susan Blackmore. At the same time I moved to Glastonbury.
1985: Paper on speculations concerning pineal gland and psi
experiences presented at PA Conference, Boston.
1987: Awarded PhD for thesis comparing subliminal and psi
perception using the Ganzfeld technique.
1988: I started teaching Parapsychology at Strode College; this
course continued until 2000.
1989: Paper published in JSPR concerning my research into
pineal gland.
1990: Yoga class begins, as well as traveling world wide giving
talks and running workshops. All of these activities still happen.
Paper presented at PA conference, San Diego regarding further research
into link between pineal gland and psi experiences.
1991: My book "Where Science and Magic Meet" is published by
Element books, and I have written more articles in magazines and
journals than I care to have to count!
1993: Dream group begins. Revised edition of “Where Science and
Magic Meet” printed. Second article in JSPR concerning my research
into the pineal gland.
1998: Paper at SPR Conference concerning my most recent
research into links between pineal gland and psi experiences.
2000: Start research into effect of a healer on crop yield on
an organic farm.
2001: Start teaching parapsychology at Bihar Yoga Bharati,
India, the world’s first yoga university doing M.Sc. courses in yoga
psychology, yoga philosophy and applied yogic sciences.
2002: “Where Science and Magic Meet” republished by Vega books.
New book “The Faery Faith” published by Green Magic. Several articles
concerning the crop research published and a paper presenting the
results from two years at PA Con. Paper on the research at bihar Yoga
Bharati presented at SPR conf.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(1979a) "A comparison of subliminal and extrasensory perception using the Ganzfeld technique," W.G. Roll (ed.),
Research in Parapsychology 1978, 98 - 100, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, USA, 1979. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 21st. Parapsychological Association (PA) Conference, St. Louis, USA.
(1979b) "Quest Conference Questionnaire," Quest, 38, 8 - 10.
(1980) "Psi Research in the '80's," Quest, 42, 7 - 10.
(1981) "The Interface between Psi and Subliminal Perception," Parapsychology
Review, 12, 4, 12 - 18.
(1982a) "Telepathy: seeing the light," The Unexplained, 9, 102, 2030 - 2033.
(1982b) "A comparison of psi and subliminal perception: confirmatory study," Roll, W.G., Morris, R.L., and White, R.A. (eds.),
Research in Parapsychology 1981, 96 - 99, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, USA. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 24th. Parapsychological Assoc. Conf., Syracuse, 1981.
(1983) "Psi Sci-Fi: The shape of things to come?" Shapin, B. & Coly, L. (eds.), Parapsychology's 2nd. Century,
Proceedings of the Parapsychology Foundation's 31st. Int.
Conference, London, Aug. 1982, Parapsychology Foundation Inc., NY, USA.
(1984a) "The 1984 "Psi" Questionnaire," In Quest, 59, 11-15.
(1984b) ""Occult" Conference Questionnaire," In J. Soc. Psych. Res., 52, 379 - 382.
(1986a) "Some speculations on a possible psychic effect of harmaline," Weiner, D.H. & Radin, D.I. (eds.),
Research in Parapsychology 1985, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, USA. Abstract of a paper presented to the 28th. Parapsychol. Assoc. Conf., Boston, Aug. 1985.
(1986b) "Subliminal and Psi Perception: A review of the literature," J. Soc. Psych.
Res., 53, 405 - 434.
(1987a) "A comparison of subliminal and psi perception: Exploratory and follow-up studies,"
J.Amer.Soc.Psych.Res., 81, 141 - 182.
(1987b) "A comparison of psi and subliminal perception," PhD Thesis, Univ. of Surrey, Aug. 1987.
(1989a) "Recent Findings relating to the possible role of the pineal gland in affecting psychic ability,"
J. Soc. Psych. Res., 55, 313 - 328.
(1989b) "A Psychophysiology of the Yogic Chakra system," Caduceus, 8, 8 - 12.
(1990) "Geomagnetism and the Pineal Gland: Some speculations," Research in Parapsychology
1989, eds. Henkel, L.A. & Palmer, J., Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, USA, 57 - 61. Paper presented at the 32nd Parapsychological Association Convention, San Diego, Aug. 1989.
(1991a) "Where Science and Magic Meet," Element Books, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Britain.
(1991b) Book review of "Personal Mythology" by Feinstein, D. & Krippner, S.,
J.S.P.R., 58, 48 - 56.
(1991c) "Earth, Science, Magic -The Pineal Connection," The Ley Hunter Journal of Geomancy and Earth Mysteries, 114, 17 - 20.
(1991d) "The Fairy Faith Philosophy," The Unicorn, 6, 8 - 9.
(1991e) "UFOs, States of Mind and the Pineal Connection: Part 1," UFO
Times, 16, 6 - 11.
(1991f) "Interface with Julian Vayne," Pagan Voice, 1, 4 - 5.
(1991g) “Third Eye Points on the Glastonbury Zodiac Figures,” The Glastonbury Zodiac
Companion, 2, 3 - 14.
(1992a) "Psi Phenomena," Chapter in The Seeker's Guide: A New Age Resource Book, ed. Button, J. & Bloom, W., Aquarian/Thorson's, London, Britain, 46 - 47.
(1992b) "Some Thoughts Inspired by the Essay Title: "How the Establishment's Acceptance of ESP and PK Would Influence Contemporary Science,"
Exceptional Human Experience, 10 (1), 16 - 22. Article written for A.S.P.R. Essay competition, Feb. 1988. Presented as "The Social Implications of Psi Phenomena," Lecture for the Soc. Psych. Res., Kensington, Feb. 1989.
(1992c) "UFOs, States of Mind and The Pineal Connection: Part II," UFO
Times, 17, 13 - 15.
(1992d) "Synopsis of Where Science & Magic Meet: Part 1," RILKO
Journal, 39, 22 - 26.
(1992e) "Where Science and Magic Meet: Part 2, The Pineal Gland - Our Third Eye,"
RILKO Journal, 40, 34 - 38.
(1992f) "The Pineal Gland -The Third Eye?" Pagan News, 35, 8 - 10.
(1993a) with G. Vogl, "Some Speculations on the Effect of Geomagnetism on the Pineal Gland,"
J.Soc.Psych.Res., 59, 1 - 15.
(1993b) "Where Science & Magic Meet," (Revised Edition), Element Books, Shaftesbury, Britain. (Also pub. in USA and Australia).
(1993c) "Wissenschaft und Magie," Zweitausandeins, Frankfurt, Germany. (German edition of
Where Science & Magic Meet)
(1993d) Book Review of "Shamanism and the Mystery Lines: Ley Lines, Spirit Paths, Shape-Shifting and Out-of-Body
Travel," by Paul Devereux, P., J.Soc.Psych.Res., 59, 218 - 222.
(1993e) "Synopsis of Where Science and Magic Meet," The Equinox, 7, (7), 314 -319.
(1995) "The Science and Psychology of Dowsing," Chap. 7 in The Dowsing Rod
Kit, ed. S. Lonegren, Virgin Books, London.
(1996a) "UFOs: The Pineal Connection," The New Ufologist, 4, 5 - 13.
(1996b) “A Woman in Glastonbury,” Chap. 6 in Earth Walking Sky Dancers: Women’s PIlgrimages to Sacred
Places, ed. Leila Castle, Frog Ltd., Berkeley, California.
(1997a) “Stinta Si Magie.” Elit Comentator, Republica Moldova.(Romanian edition of
Where Science and Magic Meet.)
(1997b) “Tallkottkörteln.” Interview with Peter Pettersson in AlphaOmega, 3, 34 - 35.
(1998a) “The Glastonbury Zodiac,” Gatekeeper News, 15,15.
(1998b) “Some Thoughts on the Developing Spirituality of the Aquarian Age,” Pagan Dawn,
Samhain, 20 - 23.
(1999a) “The Celtic Lunar Calendar,” Talking Stick Journal, 2 (2), 33 - 40.
(1999b) “A Possible Psychophysiology of the Yogic Chakra System,” J. of Indian
Psychology,
(2002) Roney-Dougal, S.M. & Solfvin, J. “Field Study of Enhancement Effect on Lettuce Seeds - their germination rate, growth and health,”
Journal of the Society of Psychical Research.
(2003) "The Faery Faith," Green Magic Books, Britain.We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.
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 Friederike Schriever PhD, Dipl.-Psych., was born in Hamm (Westphalia), Germany.
Education and
Professional Career:
Friederike Schriever studied mathematics, biology and psychology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. First state examination for the teaching profession in 1980, psychology diploma (Dipl.-Psych.) in 1987, PhD (Dr.phil.) in 1998. 1985-1986, research associate at the Freiburg Institute for Border Areas of Psychology and Mental Hygiene (IGPP, Prof. Dr.Dr. Hans Bender). 1988-1993, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for General and Comparative Pedagogics, Free University of Berlin. In 1989, Friederike Schriever coordinated the 6th European Conference of the International Reading Association at the Free University of Berlin. 1989-1990, research in a project on "Social cognitive development and picture comprehension" at the Psychology Department, Technical University of Berlin. 1993-1998, extensive empirical and theoretical research on the personality-specific development of cognitive structures pertaining to subjective paranormal convictions that resulted in an 800pp. dissertation thesis, published as a book in 1998.
In 1999-2000, Friederike Schriever was the leading research scientist at the University of Giessen in an empirical study on the working time and burnout symptoms of teachers located in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The results of this Swiss-government-sponsored study were published, in book form, in 2001. 2000-2001, Assistant Professor in the Institute for the Didactics of Mathematics, University of Giessen. Since 2002, owner and director of a private teaching institute ("Lehrinstitut für Orthographie und Schreibtechnik" [LOS]) for children suffering from reading and writing disabilities (partially related to impairments such as attention deficit / hyperactivity disorders).
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL
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Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Lesen und Schreiben (DGLS) [Secretary, 1986-1988] |
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Member, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Parapsychologie (WGFP) [Secretary, 1999-present] |
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Member, International Reading Association (IRA) |
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Member, Bund Deutscher Psychologen (BDP) |
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Associate Member, Parapsychological Association |
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Member, American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) |
POSITION STATEMENT
When, in 1985, Friederike Schriever accepted Prof. Hans Bender's invitation to choose the Freiburg IGPP as the place for her two-year practical research in psychology, her leading interest was in the possibilities of applying known, accepted scientific methods in order to study, and maybe explain, parapsychological phenomena. This basic interest has remained unchanged since then. Consequently, in those parts of her own empirical research work that pertains to parapsychology, she analyzed the conditions for, and structures of, spontaneous phenomena (precognitive dreams, RSPK case reports). The psychological conditions under which spontaneous experiences occur have always been in the focus of her interest. In the extensive research for her PhD dissertation, she has investigated the reasons and justifications persons mention for their paranormal convictions. And she has tried to identify phenomena-specific and/or conviction-specific patterns in the arguing strategies of persons
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Schriever,
F. (1987): A 30-year "experiment with time" evaluation of an individual case study of precognitive dreams. European Journal of Parapsychology 7: 49-72.
Schriever,
F. (1988): Ein 30jähriges Experiment mit der Zukunft: Evaluation
einer Einzelfallstudie des Freiburger Instituts für Grenzgebiete der
Psychologie und Psychohygiene [A 30-year experiment with the future:
Evaluation of an individual case study of the Freiburg IGPP]. Zeitschrift
für Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie 30: 99-132.
Schriever,
F. (1988): A 30-year "experiment with time" Evaluation of an individual case study performed by the Freiburg Institute for Border Areas of Psychology and Mental
Hygiene. In: Weiner, D.H., Morris, R.L. (Eds.): Research in
Parapsychology 1987. Metuchen, N.J. & London: Scarecrow Press,
pp. 96-100.
Huesmann, M., Schriever, F. (1989): Steckbrief des Spuks. Darstellung und
Diskussion einer Sammlung von 54 RSPK-Berichten des Freiburger
Instituts für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene aus den
Jahren 1947-1986 [Wanted: The Poltergeist. Description and discussion
of a collection of 54 RSPK reports from the years 1947-1986, collected
by the Freiburg IGPP]. Zeitschrift für Parapsychologie und
Grenzgebiete der Psychologie 31: 52-107.
Schriever,
F. (1992): Methodologische Probleme bei der Erforschung von Wahrträumen
[Methodological problems in the investigation of clairvoyant dreams].
In: Resch, A. (Ed.): Aspekte der Paranormologie. Innsbruck:
Resch-Verlag, pp. 301-325.
Schriever,
F. (1997): Präkognition im Traum. Eine Einzelfallstudie aus dem
Freiburger Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und
Psychohygiene [Dream Precognition: A single case study from the
files of the Freiburg IGPP]. Basdorf bei Berlin: Retriever
(Microfiche, 382 pp.).
Schriever,
F. (1998): Grenzbereiche der Realitätserfassung. Ein Erklärungsmodell
auf der Basis individueller Lebenserfahrungen [Reality
Construction on the Fringes: An Explanatory Model Based On Individual
Experiences]. Berlin: Retriever [779 pp.].
Schriever,
F. (1999): Are there different cognitive structures behind paranormal
beliefs? Proceedings of Presented Papers. The Parapsychological
Association 42nd Annual Convention. Stanford University, Palo Alto
(abstracted in Journal of Parapsychology 93 [1999]: 224-225).
Schriever,
F. (1999): Phänomenspezifische Begründungsmuster für paranormale Überzeugungen
[Phenomenon-specific motives for paranormal beliefs]. Grenzgebiete
der Wissenschaft 48: 195-227.
Schriever,
F. (1999): How Can Paranormal Beliefs Be Explained? A
Subject-Centered Explanatory Model for Paranormal Convictions.
Paper presented at the 5th Euro-PA Cenference, St. Piat, France.
Schriever,
F. (2000): Are there different cognitive structures behind paranormal
beliefs? European Journal of Parapsychology 15: 46-67.
Schriever,
F. (in press): Die Skala zur Erfassung paranormaler Überzeugungen (SEPÜ)
[Paranormal Conviction Scale (PCS)]. Zeitschrift für
Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS OUTSIDE OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY
Schriever,
F. (1982): Lehrerangst - Renaissance der psychoanalytischen Pädagogik? Zu einem Buch von Horst
Brück [Teacher anxiety Renaissance of psychoanalytic pedagogics? An essay review of a book by Horst Brück]. IRA/D-Beiträge, Heft 1, pp. 60-61.
Görlitz, D., Herrig, M., Hofmann, S., Meyer, M.-L., Schriever, F. (1991):
Bildverstehen von Kindern am Beispiel der Lebenstreppe [Picture
comprehension in children, exemplified with "The Staircase of
Life"]. In: Gesellschaft von Freunden der TU Berlin (Eds.): Humanismus
und Technik. Jahrbuch 1990. Vol. 34. Berlin: Technische Universität
Berlin, pp. 110-122.
Forneck,
H.J., Schriever, F. (2001): Die individualisierte Profession.
Belastungen im Lehrberuf [The Individualized Profession: Burdens
in the Teaching Profession]. Basel: hep-Verlag [422 pp.].
Forneck,
H.J., Schriever, F. (2001): Die individualisierte Profession.
Einsichten aus einer Studie über Lehrerarbeitszeiten [The
individualized profession: Insights gained from a study a teacher
working time]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung 222: (139), 57.
Schriever,
F. (2002): Zuhören allein genügt nicht [Just listening is not
enough]. Sache - Wort - Zahl 30: (43), 4-8.
Schriever,
F. (2002): Motivationstheoretisch optimierter Unterricht. Was können
LOS-Pädagogen tun? [Improved teaching based on motivation theory:
What LOS teachers can do]. Wortspiegel 10: (1/2), 29-31.
We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material. |
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Matthew Smith was awarded a BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology from
Liverpool Polytechnic and a PhD in Psychology from the University of
Hertfordshire (under the supervision of Professor Richard Wiseman).
His current research is examining experimenter effects in
parapsychology.
He is currently employed as a Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool
Hope University College, England, where he forms part of the
Liverpool Hope Parapsychology Research Group. His research has been
funded by the Bial Foundation, the Perrott-Warrick Fund, the Society
for Psychical Research, and the Parapsychology Foundation. He is the
Deputy Editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research,
and he has acted as a consultant and contributor to various radio
and television programmes in the UK and the USA.
Publications
Smith, M. D. (in press). The challenge of replication and the
'psi-conducive' experimenter. International Journal of
Parapsychology.
Alison, L. J., Smith, M. D., Eastman, O. & Rainbow, L. (2003).
Toulmin's philosophy of argument and its relevance to offender
profiling. Psychology, Crime and Law, 9, 173-183.
Alison, L. J., Smith, M. D. & Morgan, K. (2003). Interpreting the
accuracy of offender profiles. Psychology, Crime and Law, 9,
185-195.
McClenon, J., Roig, M., Smith, M. D., & Ferrier, G. (2003). The
coverage of parapsychology in introductory psychology textbooks:
1990-2002.' Journal of Parapsychology, 67, 167-179.
Smith, M. D. (2003). The role of the experimenter in
parapsychological research. Journal of Consciousness Studies,
10, 69-84.
Smith, M. D. (2003). The psychology of the 'psi-conducive'
experimenter.': Personality, attitudes towards psi, and personal psi
experience. Journal of Parapsychology, 67, 117-128.
Wiseman, R., Greening, E. & Smith, M. D. (2003). Belief in the
paranormal and suggestion in the séance room. British Journal of
Psychology, 94, 285-297.
Smith, M. D. & West, D. J. (2002). Investigating an anomalous human
image on CCTV.
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 66, 41-46.
Wiseman, R. & Smith, M. D. (2002). Assessing the role of cognitive
and motivational biases in belief in the paranormal. Journal of
the Society for Psychical Research, 66, 178-186.
Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R. & Harris, P. (2000). The relationship
between 'luck' and psi. Journal of the American Society for
Psychical Research, 94, 25-36.
Smith, M. D., Foster, C. L., & Stovin, G. (1998). Intelligence and
paranormal belief: Examining the role of context. Journal of
Parapsychology, 62, 65-77.
Wiseman, R., Smith, M. D., & Milton, J. (1998). Can pets detect when
their owners are returning home? An experimental test of the
'psychic' pet phenomenon. British Journal of Psychology, 89,
453-462.
Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R., Machin, D., Harris, P. & Joiner, R.
(1997). Luckiness, competition, and performance on a psi task.
Journal of Parapsychology, 61, 33-44.
Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R., Harris, P. & Joiner, R. (1996). On being
lucky: The psychology and parapsychology of luck. European
Journal of Parapsychology, 12, 35-43.
Wiseman, R., Smith, M., & Kornbrot, D. (1996). Exploring possible
sender-to-experimenter acoustic leakage in the PRL autoganzfeld
experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 60, 97-128.
Smith, M. D. (1993). The effect of belief in the paranormal and
prior set upon the observation of a 'psychic' demonstration.
European Journal of Parapsychology, 9, 24-34.We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.
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