Abstract

Basically "psi manifestations resemble free association more than rational thought. They are similar to ordinary dreams or waking reverie, or to the distorted or fanciful percepts that are evoked by inadequate sensory stimulation. Recent developments in information theory make possible a more sophisticated approach to psi manifestations and relationships that so frequently characterize psi manifestations. Psi experiences tend to occur when conscious attention and activity are in abeyance--in sleep, or in solitary reverie or meditation--but rarely if ever in the midst of intent conscious activity. It is suggested that some degree of psi -sensorimotor interaction is common, and that the 2 modes tend to be antagonistic, the conditions that favor the 1 tending to inhibit the other."