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From anecdote to experiment in psychical research

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Contents

The beginnings of psychical research
1
Anecdote and experiment
10
Experimental precautions
19
Cardguessing experiments
30
Testing esp by reproduction of drawings
40
Other kinds of esp experiment
50
Stage simulation of esp
61
Distinguishing between ESP and chance coincidence
67
Experiments on foreseeing the future
130
Psychokinesis
143
The experimental study of survival
155
Conclusions
165
Appendices A The measurement of efficiency of Psi
167
B The case of Marion
172
The estimate of significance and some of its pitfalls
176
The internal control of Psi experiments
182

Varieties of experimental design
74
The problem of the reality of esp
84
Critics of esp
94
The pattern of esp
103
More elements of the pattern
117
E Variance as indicator of Psi
186
F The problem of discrimination between precognition and pk
189
Index
195
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TitleFrom anecdote to experiment in psychical research
AuthorRobert H. Thouless
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 1972
ISBN0710072856, 9780710072856
Length198 pages
  
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