Psychology and the Paranormal - Exploring Anomalous Experience

Spanning the new evidence that has emerged in the last 20 years, this book appraises the best available evidence to date on scientific claims of the paranormal.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Basic Principles and Processes
Chapter 1: Science and Anomalous Experience
Chapter 2: The Origins of Subjective Anomalous Experience
Chapter 3: Psychological Processes and Anomalous Experience
Part II: Subjective Anomalous Experience Claimed to be Paranormal
Chapter 4: Synchronicity
Chapter 5: Remote Viewing and Psychic Staring
Chapter 6: The Ganzfeld, Subjective Validation, and the Newly Discovered Sixth Sense
Chapter 7: Precognition and Dream ESP: Methodological Lessons in the Search For Deep Truth
Chapter 8: Psychokinesis, Dice and Random Number Generators: 'Mind Over Matter' en route to Neverland
Part III: Subjective Anomalous Experience Usually Not but Occasionally Claimed to be Paranormal
Chapter 9: The Hypnotic Trance as an Altered State Of Consciousness
Chapter 10: Out-of-Body and Near Death Experiences
Chapter 11: Homeostasis: Letting The Genie Out Of The Bottle
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 12: Take Home Message: Psi is a Spontaneous Process that Cannot Be Summoned at Will

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David F. Marks is a psychologist specializing in Health Psychology, Mental Imagery and Consciousness research.

Zusammenfassung

Spanning the new evidence that has emerged in the last 20 years, this book appraises the best available evidence to date on scientific claims of the paranormal.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David F Marks, David F. Marks, David F. F. Marks, Marks David F.
• Mitarbeit: David Marks (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781526491060
• ISBN: 978-1-5264-9106-0
• Seiten: 424
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Parapsychological studies