Abstract

Investigated whether a physical variable (tracer) might be found to indicate the occurrence of a psychokinetic (PK) effect. A special correlation technique was developed for detecting signals in random sequences. The radioactive decay of strontium source served as the random process in the PK experiment with 299 adults. The display for Ss consisted of a string of lights performing a column fluctuating up and down, depending on random outcomes. Two types of random number-generating sequences produced by the quantum physical decay process were used: (1) a normal binary random sequence and (2) a binary Markow-chain. Ss were instructed to shift the light column to the top only by will or wishing. Several resulting hypotheses are discussed within a multivariate framework.