Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional ExperiencesJane Henry Psychic and other exceptional experiences are surprisingly common but opinions as to their causes vary widely. Can tricks of the mind such as hallucinations, mistaken perception and errors of judgement explain such phenomena or does some yet to be understood non-sensory means of communication come into play? In Parapsychology, leading researchers from both the UK and the USA combine their expertise to form a lucid account of research into the science of psychic experience. Beginning with an introduction to the methodology, Parapsychology addresses topics including coincidence, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, healing, apparitions, reincarnation and out-of-body experiences. Each chapter describes the phenomenon, outlines the main lines of research and discusses the merits of possible explanations for such anomalies of cognitive function. Extensive suggestions for relevant further reading on each individual subject are provided, along with a detailed glossary of terms. Parapsychology provides an accessible and succinct overview of the research and current thinking on the subject of psychic and allied experiences. This balanced account of work in this fascinating area will be of great interest to students and researchers in psychology as well as anyone with an interest in the field. |
Contents
List of illustrations | 4 |
Methodology 28 | 28 |
Tables | 30 |
Metaanalyses | 42 |
Psychological factors | 64 |
Scepticism | 80 |
Second sight | 93 |
Precognition and premonitions | 108 |
Shamanism | 149 |
Coincidence | 168 |
Figures | 172 |
Outofbody experiences | 188 |
Imagery | 204 |
Reincarnation | 224 |
Religion | 233 |
Websites organisations and journals | 248 |
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