Anomalous Experiences
Essays from Parapsychological and Psychological Perspectives
Published on 2. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-0-7864-4398-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thirteen essays on the psychology and parapsychology of anomalous experience explore a range of phenomena, including extrasensory perception, haunting experiences, apparitions, alien contacts, seance room activity, and out-of-body experiences. The contributors are Daryl J. Bem, Etzel Cardena, Jezz Fox, Rachel Fox, Christopher C. French, Victoria Hamilton, Craig D. Murray, Ciaran O'Keeffe, Steve Parsons, Chris A. Roe, Julia Santomauro, Simon J. Sherwood, Christine Simmonds-Moore, Paul Stevens, Michael Thalbourne, Caroline Watt, Richard Wiseman and Robin Wooffitt.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
tables, notes, bibliographies, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4398-7 (9780786443987)
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Person
Matthew D. Smith is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Buckinghamshire New University in England. He has conducted research on paranormal experiences for more than 15 years and was the resident psychologist/parapsychologist for the television show Most Haunted.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One: Parapsychological Perspectives
1. Feeling the Future: Studies of Precognitive Emotional Arousal
Daryl J. Bem
2. Experimenter Effects in Parapsychology: Three Studies with a Remote Helping Task
Caroline Watt
3. The Role of Altered States of Consciousness in Extrasensory Experiences
Chris A. Roe
4. Are Our Assumptions More Anomalous Than the Phenomena?
Paul Stevens
5. Will We Ever Know Whether Extrasensory Perception Exists?
Jezz Fox
6. Towards a Sociological Parapsychology
Robin Wooffitt
Part Two: Psychological Perspectives
7. Anomalous Experiences During Deep Hypnosis
Etzel Cardena
8. Haunting Experiences: An Integrative Approach
Ciaran O'Keeffe and Steve Parsons
9. Apparitions of Black Dogs
Simon J. Sherwood
10. Psychological Aspects of the Alien Contact Experience
Christopher C. French, Julia Santomauro, Victoria Hamilton, Rachel Fox and Michael Thalbourne
11. Observing the Impossible: Eyewitness Testimony for Darkroom Seances
Richard Wiseman
12. Developing a Dissociational Account of Out-of-Body Experiences
Craig D. Murray
13. Anomalous Experiences and Boundary Thinness in the Mind and Brain
Christine Simmonds-Moore
About the Contributors
Index
Preface
Part One: Parapsychological Perspectives
1. Feeling the Future: Studies of Precognitive Emotional Arousal
Daryl J. Bem
2. Experimenter Effects in Parapsychology: Three Studies with a Remote Helping Task
Caroline Watt
3. The Role of Altered States of Consciousness in Extrasensory Experiences
Chris A. Roe
4. Are Our Assumptions More Anomalous Than the Phenomena?
Paul Stevens
5. Will We Ever Know Whether Extrasensory Perception Exists?
Jezz Fox
6. Towards a Sociological Parapsychology
Robin Wooffitt
Part Two: Psychological Perspectives
7. Anomalous Experiences During Deep Hypnosis
Etzel Cardena
8. Haunting Experiences: An Integrative Approach
Ciaran O'Keeffe and Steve Parsons
9. Apparitions of Black Dogs
Simon J. Sherwood
10. Psychological Aspects of the Alien Contact Experience
Christopher C. French, Julia Santomauro, Victoria Hamilton, Rachel Fox and Michael Thalbourne
11. Observing the Impossible: Eyewitness Testimony for Darkroom Seances
Richard Wiseman
12. Developing a Dissociational Account of Out-of-Body Experiences
Craig D. Murray
13. Anomalous Experiences and Boundary Thinness in the Mind and Brain
Christine Simmonds-Moore
About the Contributors
Index