Abstract

Reports an error in the original article by S. Wilson in The Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 66(3), Sep. 2002, pp. 271-289. In this article, on page 275, Table 1 is incorrect. The corrected table is provided. Also, on page 280, the degrees of freedom corresponding to the two F values are incorrect. The formulas should read: F(2,56)=3.5, p<0.05 and F92,56)=14.51, p<0.01. (The following abstract appears in record 2002 -08363-004.) This article describes 2 experiments aimed at bringing comparisons between perception without awareness (PWA) and psi up to date. Experiment la is a replication of an established effect in the field of PWA. Participants (aged 17-39 yrs) were presented with a list of nouns before taking part in an old/new recognition test. If a new test word was preceded by a biasing stimulus consisting of the same word for 50 ms, participants tended to classify the new word as "old." This is known as the false recognition effect. Experiment lb attempted to obtain a similar effect using psi as a biasing stimulus. Random new words were displayed to a sender, who attempted to induce false recognition in the receiver by influencing them to respond "old." No significant effect was found, although a nonsignificant gender interaction was...