Extrasensory Perception »

If extrasensory perception is a common human ability, why can't we all score high on ESP tests? Th is book answers the question by describing psychological determinants of success and failure in extrasensory perception. Some of the most signifi cant points raised in the editor's enlightening introduction are developed in greater detail in the nine essays that follow, all of them important statements giving a clear picture of research into ESP and the debate that surrounds it. Each essay is followed by a comment relating the essay to the fi eld as a whole.

Introduction Gertrude Schmeidler 1

1 The Pearce-Pratt Experiment C. E. M. Hansel 30

2 A Reply to the Hansel Critique of the Pearce-Pratt Series J. B. Rhine J. G. Pratt 47

3 A Scientific Critique of Parapsychology James C. Crumbaugh 58

4 Teacher-Pupil Attitudes and Clairvoyance Test Results Margaret Anderson Rhea White 73

5 ESP and Social Stimulus B. K. Kanthamani 92

6 The Relationship of Test Scores to Belief in ESP B. H. Bhadra 100

7 The Decline of Variance of ESP Scores Within a Testing Session David Price Rogers James C. Carpenter 116

8 Checking for Awareness of Hits in a Precognition Experiment with Hypnotized Subjects Jarl Fahler Karlis Osis 127

9 Experimentally-Induced Telepathic Dreams: Two Studies Using EEG-REM Monitoring Techniques Montague Ullman Stanley Krippner Sol Feldstein 137

Index 163