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Parapsychology : Research on Exceptional Experiences

by Jane Henry

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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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.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Parapsychology and psychical research, Psychokinesis and remote viewing, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Retained metadata contains “Reincarnation” in the description and “Reincarnation” in the subject metadata.

    • “Reincarnation”· in description
    • “Reincarnation”· in subject
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the title, “Parapsychology” in the description, “Extrasensory perception” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “parapsychology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Parapsychology”· in title
    • “Parapsychology”· in description
    • “Extrasensory perception”· in subject
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
    • “Parapsychology”· in edition title
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “telepathy”. Retained metadata contains “Precognition” in the description, “Telepathy” in the description, and “Telepathy” in the subject metadata.

    • “telepathy”· via OpenAlex
    • “Precognition”· in description
    • “Telepathy”· in description
    • “Telepathy”· in subject
  • Psychokinesis and remote viewing

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “psychokinesis”. Retained metadata contains “Psychokinesis” in the description.

    • “psychokinesis”· via OpenAlex
    • “Psychokinesis”· in description
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Retained metadata contains “out-of-body” in the description and “Out-of-body experiences” in the description.

    • “out-of-body”· in description
    • “Out-of-body experiences”· in description

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2004-08-02—English—Unknown

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