An introduction to the scientific study of psychics and mediums—those who are frauds, those who are psychotic, and those whose claims seem to defy easy dismissal.
Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco, CA. Harris L. Friedman, PhD, is a research professor of psychology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.
Krippner (psychology, Saybrook U.) and Friedman (psychology, U. of
Florida, Gainesville) assemble nine articles that examine claims of
parapsychological experiences like telepathy, psychokinesis, and
precognition from a neurobiological perspective. Instead of
promoting a position on the existence or non-existence of these
phenomena, they aim to introduce readers to pioneering efforts
exploring the mind through neurobiological perspectives and
technologies like neuroimaging and EEG. They consider such
phenomena as ESP, trance, and paranormal experiences, as well as
the skepticism of mainstream scientists, the neurochemistry of
these phenomena, and the relationship between the mind and the
body. Contributors are psychologists, neurobiologists, and
specialists in behavioral medicine and parapsychology from North
America, Europe, Australia, and Brazil.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Recommended.
*Choice*
There isn't space here to review every chapter in this timely
volume, but each one offers worthwhile perspectives on psi and
neurobiology. The editors are to be applauded for assembling this
range of informative material. The anthology shows that there could
be real value in bringing neuroscience into the realms of
parapsychology, with potential benefits to both areas of
research…
*The Noetic Post*
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