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| | SSE News Items |
| | 1993 Annual SSE Meeting | 299 |
| | Grant to Radin | 299 |
| | International Federation for Aerial Anomalies | 299-300 |
| | Angela Thompson to Coordinate Foundation Research | 300 |
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| Topher COOPER | Anomalous Propagation | 301-305 |
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| Michael EPSTEIN | The Skeptical Perspective | 307-310 |
| | Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 7 Number 4 /1993 - On Biological Transmutation of Elements
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| Brenda J. DUNNE, Robert G. JAHN | Experiments in Remote Human/Machine Interaction | 311-332 |
| | Abstract: Several extensive experimental studies of humanlmachine interactions wherein the human operators and the target machines are separated by distances of up to several thousand miles yield anomalous results comparable in
scale and character to those produced under conditions of physical proximity.
The output distributions of random binary events produced by a variety of microelectronic random and pseudorandom generators, as well as by a macroscopic
random mechanical cascade, display small but replicable and statistically significant mean shifts correlated with the remote operators' pre-stated intentions, and
feature cumulative achievement patterns similar to those of the corresponding
local experiments. Individual operator effect sizes distribute normally, with the
majority of participants contributing to the overall effect. Patterns of specific
count populations are also similar to those found in the corresponding local experiments. The insensitivity of the size and details of these results to intervening
distance and time adds credence to a large database of precognitive remote perception experiments, and suggests that these two forms of anomaly may draw
from similar mechanisms of information exchange between human consciousness and random physical processes. |
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| S. JEFFERS, J. SLOAN | A Low Light Level Diffraction Experiment for Anomalies Research | 333-352 |
| | Abstract: Some interpretations of quantum mechanics assert an active role for
human consciousness in actualizing the results of measurements on quantum systems. At the same time, some empirical studies have claimed positive results in
testing the abilities of human subjects to bias randomly generated events i.e.
those governed by Gaussian statistics. Experiments have been conducted using a
different probability distribution i.e. the digitally recorded diffracted light intensity from a single slit. This normalized distribution is conventionally interpreted
as the probability of locating a photon in a specified location in the observation
plane. Human subjects have been invited to attempt to bias this distribution in a
prescribed way. The experiment is tightly controlled against any artifacts generating very high data rates with high statistical accuracy. Calibrations show that
any displacement of the diffraction pattern relative to the detector of order
1.6 X 10.~ cms should be detectable. Of twenty subjects tested, none has produced a detectable displacement corresponding to this upper limit.
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| Ian STEVENSON | A New Look at Maternal Impressions: An Analysis of 50 Published Cases and Reports of Two Recent Examples | 353-373 |
| | Abstract: -The idea that a pregnant woman may be so frightened by the sight of
some deformity on another person that her baby will be affected by a similar defect is widely believed in most parts of the world today; it was also generally believed in the West until the early years of this century. The skepticism that then
developed may have derived from lack of an explanatory principle and not from
lack of evidence for a significant correspondence between stimulus and birthmark
or birth defect. The present paper summarizes the main features of 50 published
cases in which an unusual stimulus to a pregnant woman was followed by the
birth of a baby with unusual birthmarks or birth defects that nearly always corresponded closely to the stimulus the pregnant mother had received. Two recent
cases that the author investigated are presented. The author concludes that in rare
instances maternal impressions may indeed affect gestating babies and cause birth
defects. Almost nothing is known about why such effects occur in some pregnancies, but only rarely, or about the implementing processes involved. These may be
paranormal. |
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| D. P. Wirth et al. | The Effect of Alternative Healing Therapy on the Regeneration Rate of Salamander Forelimbs | 375-390 |
| | Abstract: -The following experiment examined the effect of noncontact therapeutic touch (NCTT) on the regeneration rate of salamander forelimbs surgically
amputated through the distal third of the stylopodium. A total of 154 newts, Notophthalmus viridescens, were used and limb regeneration was assessed using two
criteria: (1) the time to first finger differentiation, and (2) the time to fourth finger
differentiation. The experiment was divided into two sections. For section #I,
four NCTT healers worked individually under three separate conditions in a specially designed laboratory. The conditions were: (1) treatment through an opening
in the wall, (2) treatment through smoked opaque glass, and (3) treatment through
smoked opaque glass and plastic. For section #2, the four individual healers were
paired, with each pair working together on a tank of newts situated directly in
front of them. The results for section #1 showed that: (I) Healer 1 obtained nonsignificance for all three conditions at both the first and fourth finger differentiation stages, (2) Healer 2 obtained significance for all three conditions at both differentiation stages, (3) Healer 3 obtained significance for condition 1 only at both
differentiation stages, and (4) Healer 4 obtained significance for conditions 2 and
3 at both differentiation stages. For section #2, only the pair of Healer 1-Healer 3
obtained significant results (p < .002). The data, therefore, suggest that NCTT
may have the potential to accelerate the rate of regeneration of newt forelimbs
surgically amputated through the distal third of the humerus |
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| | Letters to the Editor |
| | Darwin on Trial Review | 391-395 |
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| | Book Reviews |
| Henry H. BAUER | Cold Fusion, The Scientific Fiasco of the Century | 395-400 |
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| Michael EPSTEIN | Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body-Experiences | 401 |
Collection: Libriufo
