Parapsychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Experimental production of past-life memories in hypnosis.

29 Jun 2009 To explore the nature of past-life memories in hypnosis, 64 normal male adults aged 21 to 23 were selected using the Korean version of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS:K) and a simple belief in past-life scale. They all ... Read more...

Red light facilitates the sensed presence elicited by application of weak, burst-firing magnetic fields over the temporal lobes.

30 Dec 2008 To test the hypothesis that the wavelength (color) of ambient lightning should modulate experiences of a sensed presence when the right hemisphere was stimulated by weak, burst-firing magnetic fields, volunteers were exposed for 30 min to this ... Read more...

[Evidence about the power of intention]

29 Nov 2008 Intention is defined as a directed thought to perform a determined action. Thoughts targeted to an end can affect inanimate objects and practically all living things from unicelular organisms to human beings. The emission of light particles ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Parapsychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Experimental production of past-life memories in hypnosis. 29 Jun 2009
• Red light facilitates the sensed presence elicited by application of weak, burst-firing magnetic fields over the temporal lobes. 30 Dec 2008
• [Near-death experiences: a review of the thesis of pathoclisis, neurotransmitter abnormalities, and psychological aspects] 9 Dec 2008
• [Evidence about the power of intention] 29 Nov 2008
• Why we believe. Belief in the paranormal reflects normal brain activity carried to an extreme. Nov 2008
• [Physical substantiation of bioenergoinformation processes] 29 Sep 2008
• From telepathy to telekinesis. 29 Sep 2008
• Case report: A prototypical spontaneous 'sensed presence' of a sentient being and concomitant electroencephalographic activity in the clinical laboratory. 24 Sep 2008
• Traditional healers and epilepsy treatment on the Kenyan coast. 30 Aug 2008
• An unexplored domain of nonlocality: toward a scientific explanation of instrumental transcommunication. 30 Aug 2008
• Transplants, cellular memory, and reincarnation. 30 Aug 2008
• The transliminal brain at rest: baseline EEG, unusual experiences, and access to unconscious mental activity. 13 Aug 2008
• Paranormal experience and the COMT dopaminergic gene: a preliminary attempt to associate phenotype with genotype using an underlying brain theory. 13 Aug 2008
• Believing in paranormal phenomena: relations to asymmetry of body and brain. 8 Jul 2008
• Visual attentional capture predicts belief in a meaningful world. 8 Jul 2008
• [The Community Assessment Psychic Experience (CAPE): evaluation study of the Italian version] 29 Jun 2008
• Children's reports of past-life memories: a review. 29 Jun 2008
• The $10,000-a-month psychic. 28 Jun 2008
• Magical ideation and hyperacusis. 12 Jun 2008
• Sentences with core knowledge violations increase the size of N400 among paranormal believers. 12 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Parapsychology'

Definition: Branch of psychology that deals with paranormal behavior and events such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance, which are not explicable by present day "natural laws".

Descriptor UI: D010268

Alternative terms: Parapsychology; Extrasensory Perception; Extrasensory Perceptions; Perception, Extrasensory; Perceptions, Extrasensory; Psychical Research; Research, Psychical; Psychic Research; Research, Psychic; Clairvoyance;

Related Mesh Headings: Telepathy; Spiritual Therapies;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.550; F04.096.462;

Online Note: use PARAPSYCHOLOGY to search CLAIRVOYANCE, EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION & PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 1966-78

History Note: CLAIRVOYANCE was see under PARAPSYCHOLOGY 1965-78; EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION & PSYCHICAL RESEARCH were see under PARAPSYCHOLOGY 1963-78

Technical Notes: DF: PARAPSYCHOL