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perceptivity or apprehension. The alternative interpretation sub-
mitted in this paper maintains that there is only the appearance of
telepathy and that the "coincidental experience of the same patte rn
of thought, "under the circumstances stated, is due to, and perhaps
is nothing more than, the occasional, analogous performance of
closely homologous thinking machines (cerebra and accessories)
operating within comparable concomitants such as memories and
features of the environment.
Clairvoyance is a legendary concept that probably owes its
origin and perpetuity mainly to various abilities such as those of
water-witches, mineral-diviners, treasure-finders, and medicine
men. Although they employ the hocus pocus of forked twigs and
divining- or mineral-rods, many of the diviners, by subconsciously
exercising their sagacious comprehensive and experience of geologic
and physiographic features, local lore, and keenness in the
interpretation of human cues and clues, become proficient above
the chance expectation in locating veins of underground water,
minerals, and other objects. Thus, although perhaps somewhat
farther-fetched than telepathy, clairvoyance also refers to possible
bases-in-fact. -- DA
0 1i , 'Laura- and_ Kuo, ?Eddie C.Y, Extraordinary-,
"'beliefs among students in Singapore and Canada. Journal of
Psychology, 1984 (Mar), 116, 215-226. 30 refs; 2 tables
The extent of belief in a wide variety of extraordinary phenomena
was investigated among university students in a western developed
country, Canada, and an eastern developing country, Singapore. A
questionnaire that included 34 items on extraordinary beliefs
(beliefs dealing with traditional religion, luck, fortune-telling,
psychic phenomena, spirits, and strange sightings) was completed
by 113 university students from Canada and 76 university students
from Singapore. Canadian students were found to be significantly
more skeptical than their Singapore peers and were particularly
skeptical regarding religious beliefs and beliefs about spirits.
However, both groups shared quite similar views concerning
psychic and other extraordinary phenomena. Singapore students
of Chinese, Indian, and Malay descent differed mainly with respect
to their religious views. The results are discussed in terms of the
presumed relationship between technological advancement and
level of extraordinary belief. - DA
01462. Persinger, M.A. Propensity to report paranormal exper-
iences is correlated with temporal lobe signs. Perceptual and
Motor Skills, 1984 (Oct), 59, 583-586. 5 refs
Bivariate correlation analyses indicated that people who reported
greater numbers of different types of paranormal experiences also
reported greater numbers of temporal lobe signs. Whereas responses
of one group (N = 108) of male and female university students gave
a correlation of .60 between the two measures, for another group
(N = 41) the correlation was.72. Partial correlation analyses, which
involved holding the shared variance with affirmative responses to
mundane psychological statements or odd sensation constant did
not alter the strength of the relationship. These results support the
hypothesis that spontaneous paranormal experiences and the
psychological components of complex partial (psychomotor)
epilepsy may exist along the same continuum of temporal lobe
sensitivity. -- DA
01463. Price, H.H. Psychical research and human personality.
Hibbert Journal, 1949 (Jan), 47(2), 105-113.
The existence of psychic phenomena contribute to our conception
of human personality and its place in the universe. The traditional
view of man is dualistic, though modern scientific thought calls
into question the basic assumptions of dualism. It suggests
epiphenomenalism. The existence of telepathy calls into question
this sort of materialistic thinking because no physical basis for the
phenomenon seems tenable. Some sort of occultistic conception of
the human body - - with "high bodies" and "higher faculties" -
could explain telepathy along semimaterialistic lines. This could he
i form of occultistic epiphenomenalism. All in all, though,
telepathy seems to be a purely mental phenomenon inconsistent
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with any sort of materialistic scheme. Nor does it fit in with
traditional religious thinking, which teaches that each individual
mind is a separate and complete substance whose only direct causal
relationship with the rest of the universe (apart from God) are
relations with its own brain. Understanding supernormal phe-
nomena entails throwing over the Cartesian notion of the human
mind as a physical substance. Perhaps the key will come by going
back to an earlier philosophical system that taught that man
consists of body, mind (or soul), and spirit, of which the spirit is a
substance but the soul is not. - D.S.R.
01464. Rawson, Kenneth S., and Ilartline, Peter H. Telemetry of
homing behavior by the deermouse, Peromyscus. Science, 1964
(Dec 18), 46(365), 1596-1598. l fig; I illus; 9 refs
Miniature transmitters (weighing 2.5 to 2.7 grams, including
encapsulation) implanted subcutaneously in deermice (Perom_yscus)
radiate a pulsed signal at 27 megacycles per second, which can be
detected by a simple antenna at a distance of 45 meters. The radio
signal indicates movements of the deermice, periods of activity,
and the location of occupied nests. One mouse was traced as it
returned to its nest 300 meters in one hour. This rate of homing is
many times more rapid than the rate usually determined by
conventional methods for tracking small terrestrial mammals.
DA
01465. Schwarz, Bethold Eric. Telepathy and pseudotelekinesis in
psychotherapy. Journal of"the American Societ e of"Ps.rchosomatic
Dentistry and Medicine, 1968 (Oct), 15(4), 144-154. I illus; 13 refs
Data are presented about a patient in psychotherapy who had
many telepathic experiences, including a telepathic death dream,
possible precognition of death and telekinesis, the unexpected
apparition of a recently deceased neighbor, and a possible New
Jersey-Hawaii telepathic hallucination. Detail is given concerning
the psychic-dynamic and associated factors underlying the patient's
sudden recognition of four faces on tiles at the time that a specific
experiment for thoughtography and telekinesis was contemplated
by her physician. The possible significance of such findings is
discussed. - DA
01466. Shewmaker, Kenneth L., and Berenda, Carlton W. Science
and the problem of psi. Philosophy of Science, 1962, 29(2), 195-
203. 26 refs
Some issues raised by parapsychological phenomena (psi) are
examined in the light of their implications for a philosophy of
science. It is shown that the kinds of problems psi poses for science
vary with the way one conceives of science as well as one's
conception of psi. It is suggested that psi may be it product of the
fact that all of our scientific concepts are abstractions and therefore
oversimplifications. This raises the possibility that our best
conceptual techniques for dealing with psi is a nondiscursive
symbolism, because this would not demand "classes"(oversimplifi-
cation). Implications of this approach are considered. -- DA
01467. Stevenson, Ian. American children who claim to remember
previous lives. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1983,
171(12), 742-748. 14 refs; I table
An unknown number of American children claim to remember
previous lives. In this paper data of 79 such children are analyzed
and compared with data from a larger number of cases in India.
Few American children of these cases make verifiable statements,
and those who do nearly always speak about the lives of deceased
members of their own families. In this feature, American cases
differ from Indian ones, in which the children usually speak of the
lives of deceased persons in another family and often in another
community. Indian children also frequently make verifiable state-
ments about the lives of such persons.
In some other respects, however, such as the age of first speaking
about the previous lives, the content of the statements they make,
and related unusual behavior, American subjects closely resemble
ones in India. Although many of the American cases may derive
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