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Example Tables of Contents from Past Issues

Spring 2006 Table of Contents

Volume 70 / Number 1 Spring 2006
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Abstracts of Presented Papers from the 48th Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Petaluma, CA, USA, August 11–15, 2005 3

ARTICLES

Remarkable Correspondences Between Ganzfeld Mentation and Target Content — A Psychical or Psychological Effect? 23
     Joakim Westerlund, Adrian Parker, Jan Dalkvist, and Gergo Hadlaczky

The Sender as a PK Agent in ESP Studies: The Effects of Agent and Target System Lability Upon Performance at a Novel PK Task 49
     Nicola J. Holt and Chris A. Roe

The Effects of Strategy (“Willing” versusAbsorption) and Feedback (Intermediate versus Delayed) on Performance at a PK Task 69
     Chris A. Roe and Nicola Holt

Yogic Attainment in Relation to Awareness of Precognitive Targets 91
     S. M. Roney-Dougal and Jerry Solfvin

A Parapsychological Investigation of the I Ching: The Relationships Between Psi, Intuition, and Time Perspective 121
      Lance Storm

Psychiatry, the Mystical, and the Paranormal 143
     Michael A. Thalbourne

Jung and Rhine 167
     William Sloane

OBITUARY

John Beloff
     by Richard S. Broughton 173

BOOK REVIEWS

Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality by Dean Radin 177
     Roger Nelson

The Survival of Human Consciousness: Essays on the Possibility of Life After Death
edited by Lance Storm and Michael A. Thalbourne 179
     Etzel Cardena

Autism and the God Connection. Redefining the Autistic Experience Through Extraordinary Accounts of Spiritual Giftedness by William Stillman 185
     Athena A. Drewes

Correspondence (Fontana, Kelly, and Alvarado) 189


Fall 2006 Table of Contents

Volume 70 / Number 2 Fall 2006
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Abstracts of Presented Papers from the 49th Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Stockholm, Sweden, August 4–6, 2006 203

ARTICLES

A Bias Caused by Inappropriate Averaging in Experiments With Randomized Stimuli 233
     Jan Dalkvist and Joakim Westerlund

Memory, Emotion, and the Receptive Psi Process 255
     Richard S. Broughton

Geomagnetic Fields and the Relationship Between Human Intentionality and the Hemolysis of Red Blood Cells 275
      John Palmer, Christine A. Simmonds-Moore, and Stephen Baumann

Kundalini and the Output of a Random Number Generator 303
     Michael A. Thalbourne

Research Assistants or Budding Scientists?
A Review of 96 Undergraduate Student Projects at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit 335
     Caroline Watt

“Seeing and Feeling Ghosts”: Absorption, Fantasy Proneness, and Healthy Schizotypy as Predictors of Crisis Apparition Experiences 357
     Alejandro Parra

BOOK REVIEWS

Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century by Edward Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosse, and Bruce Greyson 373
     J. E. Kennedy

An Introduction to Parapsychology (5th ed.) by Harvey A. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt 377
     Etzel Cardeña

Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on the Future of Psychical Research edited by Michael Thalbourne and Lance Storm 381
     Julie Beischel

Outside the Gates of Science: Why It’s Time for the Paranormal to Come in From the Cold by Damien Broderick 388
     Caroline Watt

Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer 391
     Chris Carter

Opening to the Infinite: The Art and Science of Nonlocal Awareness by Stephan A. Schwartz 398
     Jeffrey Mishlove

The Common Thread Between ESP and PK by Michael A. Thalbourne 400
     David Luke

Correspondence (Storm, Cardeña, Kennedy Thalbourne, Fontana, and Kelly) 405

Glossary 417

Benefactors 422

Index 423


Fall 2005 Table of Contents

Volume 69 / Number 2 Fall 2005
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

2005 Presidential Address: Parapsychology’s Contribution to Psychology: A View from the Front Line 215
     Caroline Watt

ARTICLES

Solar-Periodic Full Moon Effect in the Fourmilab RetroPsychoKinesis Project Experiment Data: An Exploratory Study 233
     Eckhard Etzold

Personality and Motivations to Believe, Misbelieve, and Disbelieve in Paranormal Phenomena 263
     J. E. Kennedy

Paranormal Belief and Religiosity 293
     Andreas Hergovich, Reinhard Schott, and Martin Arendasy

A Preliminary Survey of Paranormal Experiences With Psychoactive Drugs 305
     David P. Luke and Marios Kittenis

Anomalous Cognition in Hypnagogic State With OBE Induction: An Experimental Study 329
     Guido Del Prete and Patrizio E. Tressoldi

Does Precognition Foresee the Future? Series 4: A Postal Replication 341
     Fiona Steinkamp

Toward a Replication of the “Finger-Reading” Effect 353
     Yung-Jong Shiah

Note: A Shorthand Term for “Psychopraxia” 377
     Michael A. Thalbourne and Lance Storm

BOOK REVIEWS

Unleashed. Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch by William Roll and Valerie Storey 379
     John Palmer

The New Paradigm: A Confrontation Between Physics and the Paranormal Phenomena by John O’M. Bockris 385
     Douglas M. Stokes

Is There an Afterlife? A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence by David Fontana 390
     Emily Williams Kelly

Is There Life After Death: An Examination of the Empirical Evidence by David Lester 395
     Robert Almeder

The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox by Nancy Rubin Stuart 397
     John Buescher

Correspondence (Terhune) 403

Glossary 407

Index 413


Spring 2005 Table of Contents

Volume 69 / Number 1 Spring 2005
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

2004 Presidential Address: Complicating the Conversation: Rhetoric, Substance, and Controversy in Parapsychology 3
     Nancy L. Zingrone

Abstracts of Presented Papers from the 47th Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Vienna, Austria, August 5-8, 2004 23

ARTICLES

First Sight: Part Two, Elaboration of a Model of Psi and the Mind 63
     James C. Carpenter

A Further Consideration of the Sender as a PK Agent in Ganzfeld ESP Studies 113
     Chris A. Roe and Nicola Holt

An Exploratory Study Into Traditional Zulu Healing and REG Effects 129
     J.J. Lumsden-Cook, S.D. Edwards, and J. Thwala

McClenon’s Ritual Healing Theory: An Exploratory Study 139
     Gemma Cooper and Michael A. Thalbourne

Using Digital Magnetometry to Quantify Anomalous Magnetic Fields Associated With Spontaneous Strange Experiences: The Magnetic Anomaly Detection System 151
     Jason J. Braithwaite

BOOK REVIEWS

The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death by Gary E. Schwartz With William L. Simon 173
     Daryl J. Bem

From Shaman to Scientist: Essays on Humanity’s Search for Spirits edited by James Houran 183
     Michaeleen Maher

Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker 188
     Athena A. Drewes

A World in a Grain of Sand: The Clairvoyance of Stefan Ossowiecki by Mary Rose Barrington, Ian Stevenson, and Zofia Weaver 194
     Carlos S. Alvarado

A Glossary of Terms Used in Parapsychology by Michael A. Thalbourne 199
     Sally Ann Drucker

Immortal Remains: The Evidence of Life After Death by Stephen E. Brande 201
     Frank B. Dilley

Correspondence (Thalbourneand Watt) 205


Volume 68 / Number 2 Fall 2004

Volume 68 / Number 2 Fall 2004
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

ARTICLES

First Sight: Part One, A Model of Psi and the Mind
. . . .James C. Carpenter 217

In Search of Magnetic Anomalies Associated With Haunt-Type Experiences: Pulses and Patterns in Dual Time-Synchronized Measurements
. . . .Jason J. Braithwaite, Katty Perez-Aquino, and Maurice Townsend 255

Two Cognitive DMILS Studies in Bali
. . . .Hoyt Edge, Luh Ketut Suryani, Niko Tiliopoulos, and Robert Morris 289

A Study of Telepathy by Classical Conditioning
. . . .Zoltan Vassy 323

Physiological Correlates of ESP: Heart Rate Differences Between Targets and Nontargets
. . . .Luisa Sartori, Stefano Massacessi, Massimiliano Martinelli, and Patrizio E. Tressoldi 351

Interpersonal Psi: Exploring the Role of the Sender in Ganzfeld ESP Tasks
. . . .Chris Roe, Simon J. Sherwood, and Nicola J. Holt 361

Permutation-Based Methods for Examining Confusion Data in Experiments
. . . .Stephanie Stahl 381

Differences in Paranormal Beliefs Across Fields of Study From a Spanish Adaptation of Tobacyk’s RPBS
. . . .Luis Dà az-Vilela and Carlos J. Álvarez-González 405

OBITUARY
Robert L. Morris
. . . .by James C. Carpenter 422

BOOK REVIEWS
The PK Zone: A Cross-Cultural Review of Psychokinesis by Pamela Rae Heath
. . . ..reviewed by Rhea A. White 433

Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
. . . .reviewed by Christopher M. Moreman 436

The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People by Sally Rhine Feather and Michael Schmicker
. . . .reviewed by Rhea A. White 438

Editorial Consultants . . . . 441

Index . . . . 443


Volume 68 / Number 1 Spring 2004

ARTICLES

On the Centenary of Frederic W.J. Myers’s Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death
. . . .Carlos S. Alvarado 3

The Effect of Manipulating Expectations Both Before and During a Test of ESP
. . . .Janet A. Pitman and Nicholas E. Owens 45

Experimental Evaluation of a Feedback-Reinforcement Model for Dyadic ESP
. . . .Paul Stevens 65

Anticipatory Awareness of Emotionally Charged Targets by Individuals with Histories of Emotional Trauma
. . . .Theo K. de Graaf and Joop M. Houtkooper 93

Psi and Associational Processes
. . . .Stuart Wilson, Robert L. Morris, Niko Tiuopoulos, and Eric Pronto 129

A Proposal and Challenge for Proponents and Skeptics of Psi
. . . .J. E. Kennedy 157

BOOK REVIEWS
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution by Daniel J. Benor
. . . .reviewed by Jerry Solfvin 169

Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal edited by James Alcock, Jean Burns, and Anthony Freeman
. . . .reviewed by Caroline Watt 175

Best Evidence by Michael Schmicker
. . . .reviewed by Jeffrey Mishlove 180

Projectiology: A Panorama of the Experiences of the Consciousness Outside the Human Body by Waldo Vieira
. . . .reviewed by Debra A. Midyette 184

Correspondence (Houtkooper, Kennedy, Rao, Stanford, and Storm) . . . . 189

Glossary . . . . 203

Call for Papers: Parapsychological Association . . . . 209


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