Table Of Contents:
Acknowledgements ix
Series Preface xi
Introduction xiii
PART I OUTSIDE THE LAB: PARANORMAL BELIEFS AND EXPERIENCES

1 John Palmer (1979),

'A Community Mail Survey of Psychic Experiences', Journal of the American Society, for Psychical Research, 73, pp. 221-51. 3(32)

2 Caroline A. Watt (1990-91),

'Psychology and Coincidences', European Journal of Parapsychology, 8, pp. 66-84. 35(20)

3 Christopher C. French (2003),

'Fantastic Memories: The Relevance of Research into Eyewitness Testimony and False Memories for Reports of Anomalous Experiences', Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, pp. 153-74. 55(22)

4 Ian Stevenson (1993),

'Birthmarks and Birth Defects Corresponding to Wounds on Deceased Persons', Journal of Scientific Exploration, 7, pp. 403-16. 77(14)

5 Pim van Lommel, Ruud van Wees, Vincent Meyers and Ingrid Elfferich (2001),

'Near-Death Experience in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective Study in the Netherlands', Lancet, 358, pp. 2039-45. 91(8)

6 Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt, Paul Stevens, Emma Greening and Ciaran O'Keeffe (2003),

'An Investigation into Alleged "Hauntings"', British Journal of Psychology, 94, pp. 195-211. 99(18)

7 Michael Daniels (2002),

'The "Brother Doli" Case: Investigation of Apparent Poltergeist-Type Manifestations in North Wales', Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 66, pp. 193-221. 117(32)
PART II TESTING PSYCHIC CLAIMANTS

8 George P. Hansen (1985),

'A Brief Overview of Magic for Parapsychologists', Parapsychology Review, 16, pp. 5-8. 149(4)

9 John Beloff (1986),

'What is your Counter-Explanation? A Plea to Skeptics to Think Again', in P. Kurtz (ed.), A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology, Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, pp. 359-77. 153(20)

10 Erlendur Haraldsson and Karlis Osis (1977),

'The Appearance and Disappearance of Objects in the Presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba', Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 71, pp. 33-43. 173(12)

11 Ray Hyman (1981),

'The Psychic Reading', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 364, pp. 169-81. 185(14)

12 Sybo A. Schouten (1994),

'An Overview of Quantitatively Evaluated Studies with Mediums and Psychics', Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 88, pp. 221-54. 199(36)
PART III EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION

13 Joseph Banks Rhine (1938),

'Experiments Bearing on the Precognition Hypothesis: I. Pre-Shuffling Card Calling', Journal of Parapsychology, 2, pp. 38-54. 235(18)

14 Charles Akers (1984),

'Methodological Criticisms of Parapsychology', in S. Krippner (ed.), Advances in Parapsychological Research, 4, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, pp. 112-64. 253(64)

15 Irvin L. Child (1985),

'Psychology and Anomalous Observations: The Question of ESP in Dreams', American Psychologist, 40, pp. 1219-30. 317(12)

16 Daryl J. Bern and Charles Honorton (1994),

'Does Psi Exist? Replicable Evidence for an Anomalous Process of Information Transfer', Psychological Bulletin, 115, pp. 4-18. 329(16)

17 Julie Milton (1999),

'Should Ganzfeld Research Continue to be Crucial in the Search for a Replicable Psi Effect? Part I. Discussion Paper and Introduction to an Electronic-Mail Discussion', Journal of Parapsychology, 63, pp. 309-33. 345(28)
PART IV PSYCHOKINESIS AND DISTANT MENTAL INFLUENCE

18 Michael Faraday (1853),

'Experimental Investigation of Table-Moving', Athenaeum, no. 1340. pp. 801-803. 373(4)

19 Helmut Schmidt (1970),

'A PK Test with Electronic Equipment', Journal of Parapsychology, 34, pp. 175-81. 377(8)

20 Dean I. Radin and Roger D. Nelson (1989),

'Evidence for Consciousness-Related Anomalies in Random Physical Systems'. Foundations of Physics, 19, 1499-514. 385(16)

21 William Braud, Donna Shafer and Sperry Andrews (1993),

'Further Studies of Autonomic Detection of Remote Staring: Replication, New Control Procedures, and Personality Correlates', Journal of Parapsychology, 57, pp. 391-409. 401(20)

22 Richard Wiseman and Marilyn Schlitz (1997),

'Experimenter Effects and the Remote Detection of Staring', Journal of Parapsychology, 61, pp. 197-207. 421(12)

23 John A. Astin, Elaine Harkness and Edzard Ernst (2000),

'The Efficacy of "Distant Healing": A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials', Annals of Internal Medicine, 132, pp. 903-10. 433(8)

24 James E. Alcock (2003),

'Give the Null Hypothesis a Chance: Reasons to Remain Doubtful about the Existence of Psi', Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, pp. 29-50. 441(24)
PART V EXPERIMENTERS' PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES

25 Susan Blackmore (1987),

'The Elusive Open Mind: Ten Years of Negative Research in Parapsychology', Skeptical Inquirer, 11, pp. 244-55. 465(12)

26 Marilyn Schlitz (2001),

'Boundless Mind: Coming of Age in Parapsychology', Journal of Parapsychology, 65, pp. 335-50. 477(16)
Name Index 493