MKULTRA SUBPROJECT 136 (2 DOCUMENTS WITH PUBDATES FROM 610823 TO 64031 0)

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"Alamo Just discovered, much to my embarrassmert, that I aid not _send 1.n_sccounting toTthe-_Funa lest year._ liblieve-7-youtol.-4-me that a brief- statement - wculd be SUMO:lent,- and that this- need nct..be , prepared -by a - prof essi anal:_atgountant - - translated fr _ The gures-eiven aro-spiroilma e erd have- been 61-1562 $-8,575.00 'WOWS S ######### 9 ***** $ ssistents . 800; ** � * **** )50, . Subjects 5504 Travel 1.500. Apperatue..= ..4.1�40609.9669.99_999rie9199191011 600, Al taratiOns-ta--prami ., � � -: 550, Office Equipment ***** 300� _ Office Expeneeo7.-(inc. phon.o4ipOSt),... 350, Books awl - 150.. litisc�t.inc,currency eiC9)99649-mooes,49 - 294_ Please et- me- know-if you .r equi roLmora , detailed- in Oftation,- I certify that were Inca r.. ., � � � � ipt is hereby acknowledked of the following check: � _ � TREASURER'S CHECK No. 091 9. 00, drawn o ayable tot (1) It is hegeby certified that this is Invoice. I__ applying to Sub-praject No. 136 of MKULTRA.-thatlieiti:ormance is satisfactory9 that services are being accomplished in accordance with mutual a�gree- agenda of the paments and receipts is on file- In TSDIRB. that thirn blfl Is just nd Otirt*ct and that payment thereof (Z) It is_hieby certified th-SA this invoice applies-to Subproject136 of IvilitILTRA Which was duly approved. and that the project ii being carried out in acco_mlance with the memorandum of 13 April 1953 from the DCI to the_DD/A, and the extensienTA tMs authority in 1141178 event__ memoranda. Research Director The title to any MEMORANDUM FOR:_ THE RECORD SUBJECT Project 1/1-1CULT- A,* Subproject 136 The purpos-e-of this subproject is-to support the research of an "Experimental Analysis of txtrasensory P� j'I A proposal describing his research activities s_attached. esearch effort is moving beyond the cinestion of whether the_phenornenonextrasensery_perception (ESP), _exists. He is attempting to approach the twin questions of what are the functional relation- ships between other_personality factors and ESP_ skills, and what are the factors that must_be_considered in using ESP as a method of communicati Any positive_results along these lines would have obvious_utility for the Agency. It is not_expected_that_ swers would_ernerge fro initial efforts, He Is one of the few individuals sophisticated in ESP r search who has been willing, however, to orient his�effdrts along these fundamental lines. This project will_be fundedThrough, th security and cover purposes, and the accounting for funds expended shall _ conform to the established practices of that organization, equipment purchased shall remain with th higher overhead costs. The total cost of this research for a period of one year is estimated not to exceed $8,579.00. Charges should be made against Since he has made separat _ - contact with the Director's office and may in time become aware of the elationshipa request for covert security approval has been initiated. Approved f(Yr-_0hligation of Funds: Date Chie TSDiResearch. Branch Distribution: �Aglaia' Only Attachment : Proposal PROPOSACTO-T Experimental Analysis or Extrasensory Perception Period o time fore which-support i requested: 1 year When _St. Denis was decapitated, he is supPo ed to have picked up his head and walked off with it. This led his custodian to comment,AuDans des-cas pareils, ce-nsest - que le premier ,pas qui coiite.o* Unfortunately, this maxim does not seem to_iapply-to=rescarch=in-parapsychologY� _If --_ extrasenaory_perception-(ESP)-exists, it.is_of-fundamental- importance, and-fundamontal-f)roblett-are -never evey to --- Solve. But a large body of evidence has.been_aduced-in --- - favor of the existence of ESP, and -While thissevidence has left most scientists unconvinced, there is general agreement that further researeh_is-justified, In a survey of of the Association, only - 17% said that ESP was_an-"established-faot" or a "likely__ _ possibility'', but 90%-consideredtits_investigation a 'legitimate scientific undertakine,--(L_Estma21121., - Vol.161 1952, pp.-Mi-951-- I. Objectives- It-is difficult*to state the Long range objectives of a research_programlin_parapsycholegy.. The present investigators are by-no means certain that ESP -exists or that it is possible=-to-experiment-with-it. They do feel - that the parapsychologists have made -a strong case and are -- willing to devote research-time-to further study of this subject.- � There_are_three overlapping area which require special exploration and it_is hoped that substantial progress can be made.- -These are:-the design or 'repeatable!-_ experiments; the determination of functional relationships between a variety of psychological variables and ESP test-- Scores; and mapping limits for the utilization of the. phenomenon,_with special reference to the channel capacity, the kinds of messages which can be transmitted and spatio-- - temporal constraints. _ The present research team have concluded that these objectives would be best served by initiating three closely connected experimental studies. The first consists in condUcting group experiments, in which each individual is treated as possessing a modicum of ESP and teat scores are predicted on the basis of ratings on a number_of psychological and physiological scales. The second is to develop a method to relate patterns of subjective probability * In such cases, only the first step requires any effort. , - reflected in response sequences to test scores and to psychological and behavioural_factors.__The third is an exploration of_the-postulated S? abilities of a few specially gifted subjects, who will be intensively studied under flexible conditions, ------ ,A large_nuMher_of_group experiments have been carried Out by previous investigators, They have apparently succeeded In discriminating between levels of scoring for persons characterised by different ratings on a number of psi-variables.- These include IQ, extroversion, effects of certain drugs, Rorschach protocols, self=iconfidence, belief In ES?, subject-experimenter relations ecc. But in each case only .one variable was studiediat-a time, even though it should have been clear that_other_variahles than the - - one selected for analysis Were also influencing the results. It a phenomenon_is caused_ by a number-Of_factors, .or It atEa-givenstageofinveStigationTit must be treated - as if It were, it-would be perMiSaible -to.allow-oneTfactor__ to vary at :a time, the other�factors being held�bonStant,7----- or to consider-the_combinedieffectA)fanumber_of_relevant factors.: It_one_varied one-factor at a.timeiend_ignored all _ the others, he -would be ill-informed aboUt_theuse-of -- experimental-design.- This-is-unfortunately the situation Which obtains in parapsychology. Experiments -in-whith ESP_emerges as a funotion of-- the interrelationeof a:number_of_psivariablesishoulATYleId- results which meet any-reasonable criterion of' repeatability, Comparative1y7erUdeene,NariabIe studies" such as those of Anderson and-White=atiDuke University where ESP depend6-on-- the inter-personalattitudes-of school,children-subjects- and their teacher, experimenters have apparently -been Successful_abont'5Wof_thetime"-tverc-though,the variables have beed_dichotomeus and significance_has been estimated-- 'With relatively crude=tests (a student either=likes_or_does got like his-teacher:and_viee verse; 0 student either_scores above the expected mean_or scores below it). The Study of_response sequences is based upon-the assumption,_defensible_in_the_light-of--recent psychological' research, that-guessing_patterns_ropresent subjects' evaluation-of the uncertainty situation in the experiment. There will be eertain-grossidepartures from randomness for all subjects, but there will_also_be_idiosyncratic-departure . These are related to general_behavienra differences, because what a person considers to be probable-determines to an important extent what he will do. It is predicted that /When , when subJects are-diVided-Into-response types, these types will tend.to_score_at_different_levela_in ESP teats, 0t course it-is not assumed that adopting_a_partioular_pattern can in any-way-effect-scorea-(exceptin_exptriments where the model involved in comparing guess _and target sequences Is the matching_distribution7ratharthan,the binomial 'distribution47-in-whieh-eaae-the-variance may be increased, though the_expectation-is-not_effected).- It Is assumed that the guessing lo-attern_and _ the R�Pscore_ are bothi related to a third-factor. ..TheLworkLwith-individual:stibjects who give- _ promise of_extraordinary_abilities_will_introduce a number- *of experimental techniques which have been ignored or - - - - barely hinted at_in_the_past._ A_variety of models of the manner in which-_information_is transferred by simple simple' variation=of,the_tasks-imposed_On_the_subject, PreliminaruIeerning-studies, in-which-feedback7of_results and other kinds--of_reinforcement_are_utilised,_will be '- introduced at-the same_-time. -If-la-_subject_is found who_can _score reliably, an attempt-will be-made_to-increase-the _ quantity of_transmittedlinformation_without=increasing the average prebatility_of=auccess, by making-use-of straightforward_techniques-borrowtd=from the mathematical theory of communication. With_individUl=gubjects, special- attention-wiliZbe_givenito disessociative.states, which tend to accompany spontaneousESP-ekperiences. Such .states can be induced_and_controlled_to=some-extent with_hypnosis and drugs., Some of this work will make use of qualitative stimuli, such asndraWings and idtas with_special _ _ associations. - II. -Methods Groub Experiments- NuMerous mathematical models and experimental designs enable the simultaneous assessment of two or more independent predictors. Chief among these are multiple -regression analysis and factorial experimental-designs,� which are;closelt-Telated logically arid Mathematically. The essential_idea of the regression model is_that each individual!sscores on the n_independent variables-and the ESP criterion=may be located at a point in an n -4- 1 dimensional space. The relation between the criterion and the predictors is given by a multiple regression equation which=takes_the form_ = A i X A Y1.23...N 1 + p, x2 ..# 4. A yn.12 /where n X, 11,04W'l4 ""', where A is an intercept and the coefficients of the )00 are partial regressiOn-coefficients-and-indicate the weighting allotted to each predictor.-_--- _ - The regression_equation_and each of the,. indePenden predictors may be tested for significance, If the null hypothesis is rejected, the accuracy of prediction is of interest.: This is-best considered in the language 0t estimation'statistics, where one may speak of confidence - intervals. That is; for a subject characterised by a Certain pattern_of_s_cores_on_t_he independent variables, one may predict with ;95 confi-dence that the subject's score will fall somewhere between A and �B percent success. The clearest meaning_of 'repeatability' is expressed in statements of -this kind, whereby the results of a series of experiments, not the probabilities attached to them, may be-compared-to see if they fit the same Pattern. TheTtidth of the predicted interval-and-the Confidence=coefficieat or course vary inversely and the definition of 'repeatability' depends on assigning an et priori ESP -probability-. Thevariabios to be considered can be classed in several ways They will-be-intric psychological end physiologic]. factors and experimentally manipulable 'factors. Intrinsic factors may be temporary and Characteristic of the experimental situation, such as 6nnoyarice,_orgeneral personality -characteristics, such as intelligences Experimentally manipulable factors include induced attitudes, such as motivation produced by positive_reinforcement, and purely formal factors, such as the number of ESP- trials yielding the most accurate predictions. The selection of variables will depend on a detailed analystA-of thq results of past research, incidental observations in experiments with single subjects, apparent Common factors in 'spontaneous' ESP, and intelligent .guessing. In the selection of variables, special attention will be paid to technical problems in scaling and to the reliability and validity of existing scales. In some cases ad hoc procedures, such Q sort, will be used. .Reaconse Patterns. Human beings are notoriously Inefficient randomisers so would not be inappropriate to treat response patterns as having two components, ESP and guessing habits. Guessing habits represent subjects' subjective evaluation of the sequential -uncertainty situation in the experiment and depend on such factors as ability to judge probabilities and imitate randomness, compulsions with respect to symmetry &e. Such habits will necessarily interfere with exercise of ESP, because every time a choice is made habit and psi-information are in /competition competition unless they should agree fort9itcluclY. It might be, for example, that the well knoln decline effect phenomena are due to the gradual-build Up of habits and their dominance over ESP. ,It_is, however, not only desirable to correct for the destructive effects of guessing habits. It may be that such habits could be used to predict ESP test 'Scores. When one decides to cross the street, his decision - -- about= when to cross depends on his estimate of the chance that he will be run -over, Behaviour is largelY-determined bY concepts of probability; and systematic bias in assessments of uncertainty situations-are known to be related to personality -types; -It-is tiuite possible that Some of these types whether_or not they ere similar to the ones ones derived-bypsybhometric techniques or ordinary Common sense, may be related-to-ESP ability. It might - in fact be possible_to-derive_an ESP-typology from the non-ESP component of the ESP guessing pattern. Thetechniques which will be'used to-analyse response sequences are-tooicomplicated-to enter-into here, but will include the-informational estimation of redundanc as used in the study of-languages -and the construction of pseudo-languages; autocorrelation; and ad hoc methods to reduce and classify_the number of possible patterns. The 6ctual analysis will be-carried out by an electronic Computer. ItLbhould be made clear that the quantity of ESP in the results of even the-bast subjeets is too small to interfere with the elucidation of guessing habits. The data used in this-study will be obtained from group E$P experiments-which have yielded significant results, high scoring subjects (including control series and records taken after-they 'lost' their ability), from special groups Such as psychotics, children and mediums, and from psychological and educational tests in which answers are Of the mul IndivUuni-$ubleets,_LThe-amount of information transmitted on_the-average per trial lc-ESP experiments 10g05 + (r/25)1Og2(r/25) + h[(.25-4/100] lo {(25-r)/100] In binits, whore r is the-number of correct guestes. (This-- -oppears to be the correct model, since there is evidence that subjects produce the same deviation from chance when aiming below it as when they aim above, in spite of the ' � fact that p 1/2). Good subjects will tend to have somewhere between .2 end .6 bits-of information_generally /available available to them. This is one of the reasons why ESP experiments are so difficult. But it may still be possible to learn a good deal about the phenomenon, even if learning studies ehould fail, Per it is,possiblo tO vary the _ experimental paradigm to diseriminate between various ' models for the operation of the'phenomenon, such as: - ESP occurs sporadically but gives perfect information; ESP always 'occurs -and Multiplies chances of success by a constant factor. ESP tella the subjeet'one of the - things the target- is not; ESP, when it -oeeurs, answers p question of the form--is th-e-target an X?. In additioa to psi-models, it-will also be necessary to introduce models which provide more sensitive estimates of ESP. For example, target material will be introdiTiced whereby guesses - instead of being of the 'all or nothing' type can be more.or less right. Again, a number_of_different g values Will -be Introduced and intermixed to imitate real life situations. - Learning studies will-be-instituted_in which the: subject will_be=rewarded7or:-punished-for.his_averall, Performanee_and reinforced in various waYs--by being - 'told wheth�e .was right, by being toldwhat the target ae, with electric shock 'ote. Ih7PdditIon, an attempt Will be made-to-increasethetransmitted information in Oases whare_the average-probabilitYfof-SUccess_remained constant. Thus if N4the number=ef-trials_in-whieh the ith diatingUishatIe_target is -guessed to_bethe 5th, = the frequency of:i as a _tar8et, ga,=,Ahe_frequency___- _ . 6t. guesses-ofand, N.= the number of trialeANia)N/ga(ti),--_ Which statesthe-ratto-of the frequency with which i-is '-guessed A.toAk)expected_frequency if there were=no:gUessing Preference, may Whieh guess_was_the_ best estimate_of-the-target� and the resultant-estimate,----- Which will depend on the number of trials and .the quantity of information available7te-theLsub460-t-,-. will approach certainty asymptotically, BUt the main consideration will be the attitude and general-disposition-oftthe-subjeet. Wherever possible, every attempt will be made to-tailor-the taske required to his preferences and his estimate of good working conditions. In one case the experimental procedure will be designed to - achieve favorable -motivation by such devices as instructing him that he is participating in a study of subception. In Other cases drugs and psychological tricks will be used to modify his attitudes, The experimenters will be particularly interested in disassociative states, from the abaissement de niveau mental to multiple personality in so-called mediums, and an attempt will be made to induce a number of states of this kind, using hypnosis. Hypnosis is seen not as a /Variable -7- variable in itself but as�chni ue for creating various Subjective states through_suggestiOn.--In these studies and some others use may be made of qualitative target material, -trhich may be evaluated with the use of elaborate matching methods,:which have their origin in-EUlelos solution of the 'Rencontre-problem._ The expert , 0.G. Soal did with scussed in the book Modern:Experiments in re probably the best controlled and host convincing -6-111:6e ce- fered-for Exploratory- - - experiments with are already In progress. III _ Time Required. Support-is-being -requested for a twelve elonth period. Thtswilltallow-studtes to be carried out in each of the three areas discussed above. It-at the end of that period no results-favoring_the ES? hypothesis have been - found, the project will-bedrOpPed. If the hypothesis is _ supported, the project will be revalUed-and-ite-ob-jectives will be.modifie P �- may 'pie to the IV. Estimated- Budge Item Amount Requested Apparatus for recording-data _-_ X300 Microfilt-Cameraand-projector. 250 - Computer time*-andTprogramming ' 300 _ Office Equipment 150 Office expenses (postage _'phone, dtip 300 Repairs to premises a 560 - Manual computing and , 300 Inducements for subjects 500 m tal-assistants 200 full time) 3,600 _ , 1,000 , 15% indirect costs WimmemorEftif . 7,1460 1,119 8 7 h provide and- o u charge. , .Th ill provide desk calculators, n n a limited amount of secretarial and clerical_assistance without charge. . Th allocated pre ses a o s ch Those-eonsi nt Of-th bout 570,square feet in area and nd three large closets. � Experimental workers other than ill contribute most without charg . _ _ V. Qualifications and Tax,-Exemptieh. The_FSPresearch proje t flu w ached ,to the. There will be an informal advisory committqp who-will_review the progress of the work, offer suggestions, about its conduct and consult on -technical proglems. The members.ofithis committee are: hief investigator will be .e:rde D.Phil, wo ern in who is ultimately responsible for C:1 .it editor or the and t eau re -1 t Ohnica papers.- Aq the:�p o be carried out !�;cad the is willing to receive and issemi the fun a,--a j nds-granted us should be -considered tax exempt by the U.S-doverament. � VI. Related Work at Other Universities. :There are or have been research centers for parapsychology at-Duke University, Cambridge University, City College of New York, Harvard University, Stanford University, The University of Chicago, The University of Utrecht (which has a chair of Parapsychology), London University, Pittsburgh University &c. A general survey of the methods and findings of parapsychology may be found in Rhine and Pratt (14), an exhaustive analysis of the research up to 1940 in Rhine et all (13), and a general review of the subject in Soal and Bateman (16). 1. /Research Research inte-pei-veriebleehas been summarised ,by Mangan, 1959 (9). A-recent review of .the experimante initiated by Anderson and White_is__Van de Castle (15). A detailed aceennt of-a-major-research project in this is . chmeidler & McConnel�15). Work relevant to the-sAudy_ _ of response s6quenees has been done by Pratt sad by Soul - - - (10, 11, 12). General factors-prosUmed related to ESP and studies_of individual subjects are d1scussed-in1(13) , (14) und .(i6) ,- where references are' given. . The idea_ of _ usi di _ mul tivaria te doeigna-in_group _ experiments appears- to be original. Some of the ileas_about ver a o Ire in__ _been_disoussed at_one_time qr � her in the past, _tut little has been done about _them. as doneMathematical_work_on the exPerimental iscrimina ti_an_of_pst,modals a of _ much usefullinforMationandma nversations w' h il.11111=11111=06 VII. Other Support No_support_for_this_projact has b Approved by Principal In estigotor trQ the .I to the_DD As and the extension ot th1a authority sub- _ � X' sequent maiorandai- SubproJect lz has been_alrprOviii, _ � � of the r411 Project 14CtriarIbk funds have_teen_ohlitisted to cover the - Research Di