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The Parapsychological Association, Inc. 50 th Annual Convention Proceedings of Presented Papers August 2–5, 2007 Holiday Inn Select Halifax Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada John Palmer, Ph.D. Program Chair Program Committee Chair John Palmer, Ph.D. Rhine Research Center Durham, NC, USA Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D. Chris A. Roe, Ph.D. Daryl J. Bem, Ph.D. Stefan Schmidt, Ph.D. Richard S. Broughton, Ph.D. Simon J. Sherwood, Ph.D. Etzel Cardeña, Ph.D. Christine Simmonds-Moore, Ph.D. Jan Dalkvist, Ph.D. Jerry Solfvin, Ph.D. Erlendur Haraldsson, Ph.D. Douglas M. Stokes, Ph.D. James E. Kennedy, Ph.D. Devin B. Terhune, M.Sc. Edwin C. May, Ph.D. Harald Walach, Ph.D. Roger D. Nelson, Ph.D. Caroline A. Watt, Ph.D. Adrian Parker, Ph.D. Stuart Wilson, Ph.D. Arrangements Committee Chair Miguel Roig, Ph.D. St. Johns University Jamaica, NY, USA Laura F. Knipe Rex. G. Stanford, Ph.D. Nancy L. Zingrone, Ph.D. 0 Proceedings of Presented Papers TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements John Palmer, Program Chair .................................................................................................................................. 1 Program 50th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association .......................................................... 2 Full Papers 6 Angélica A. S. Almeida, An “insanity factory”: Psychiatry vs. Spiritism in Brazil & Alexander Moreira- (1900-1950) . ....................................................................................... 7 Almeida Liudmila B. Boldyreva Is long distance psychokinesis possible in outer space? .................... 12 Etzel Cardeña, Dietrich The neurophenomenology of hypnosis ................................................ 17 Lehmann, Peter Jönsson, Devin Terhune, & Pascal Farber Nicola J. Holt Are artistic populations psi-conducive? Testing the relationship between creativity and psi with an experience-sampling protoco l..... 31 William T. Joines Energetic aspects of RSPK .................................................................. 48 & William G. Roll Edwin C. May Advances in anomalous cognition analysis: A judge-free and accurate confidence-calling technique ................................................ 57 Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Differences between Spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity Francisco Lotufu Neto, & disorder based on a structured interview ............................................ 64 Etzel Cardeña John Palmer Can sensory cues facilitate real ESP in an RNG guessing task? ........ 76 Alejandro Parra “Seeing and feeling ghosts”: Absorption, fantasy proneness, and healthy schizotypy as predictors of crisis apparition experiences ...... 84 Alejandro Parra, & Juan “Token object” effect and medical diagnosis: An experimental Carlos Argibay study ................................................................................................... 95 Chris A. Roe, & Claire Bell Paranormal belief, anxiety, and perceived control over life events... 103 William G. Roll Psychological and neuropsychological aspects of RSPK…............... 116 Caroline Watt A peek in the file drawer: Review of 96 undergraduate student projects at the Koestler parapsychology unit ..................................... 133 Bryan J. Williams The Albuquerque 300 Experiment: F ield RNG analysis of the Albuquerque Tricentennial ................................................................. 143 Bryan J. Williams Exploratory field RNG study during a group workshop on psychic experiences ....................................................................... 157 The Parapsychological Association Convention 2007 1 Bryan J. Williams & Spirit controls and the brain ............................................................... 170 William G. Roll Research Briefs 187 Fiona Campbell & Poltergeists as external representations of a mental state ................. 188 Craig D. Murray Nicola J. Holt, Christine Cognitive disinhibition and psi: Exploring the filter theory A. Simmonds-Moore, & of psi-awareness ................................................................................. 192 Stephen L. Moore Chris A. Roe, Simon J. Assessing the role of personality and the provision of feedback Sherwood, & Louise M. in ESP dream research ....................................................................... 196 Farrell Chris A. Roe & Stuart Flint A remote viewing pilot study using a ganzfeld induction procedure ........................................................................... 199 Elizabeth C. Roxburgh The psychology and phenomenology of mediumship: An exploratory survey ......................................................................... 203 Sergio Schilling Possession trance and suicide in a Colombian tribe .......................... 207 Sergio Schilling & Genetic analysis of psi experiences .................................................... 212 Waldo Mora Annalisa M. Ventola & Evaluating photographic anomalies: Examining the Devin B. Terhune roles of photographic expertise, context, paranormal belief, and tolerance of ambiguity ...................................................... 217 David J. Wilde & The occurrence, phenomenology, and psychological Craig D. Murray correlates of out-of-body and near-death experiences ...................... 221 Panel Abstracts 225 Three Parapsychological Association Goals: A 50 th Anniversary Assessment Rex G. Stanford Introduction: The character of the assessment …………………….. 226 Eberhard W. Bauer Goal I: Advancement of parapsychology as a science…………….. 226 Stanley Krippner Goal II: Dissemination of the knowledge of parapsychology ……… 227 Edwin C. May Goal III: The integration of parapsychology with other branches of science ............................................................................ 228 2 Proceedings of Presented Papers Forgotten Pioneers of Parapsychology (Chair: Carlos S. Alvarado ) Gerd H. Hövelmann The many faces of a parapsychological pioneer: Max Dessoir ............... 229 Carlos S. Alvarado Rufus Osgood Mason (1830-1903) and the popularization of psychical research in America ................................................................. 230 Eberhard Bauer Emil Mattiesen: German composer and ‘metapsychologist’................. 231 Peter Mulacz Christoph Schröder (1871-1952): The hub of a parapsychological network ...................................................................... 232 Alejandro Parra “Biology without metapsychics, a bird without wings”: Orlando Canavesio’s contributions to parapsychology ........................... 233 Nancy L. Zingrone Charles Edward Stuart (1907 –1947) and experimental ESP research ............................................................................................ 234 Ian Stevenson’s Work in Parapsychology (Chair: Carlos S. Alvarado ) Nancy L. Zingrone Ian Stevenson on the importance of spontaneous cases ........................... 236 Erlendur Haraldsson Ian Stevenson’s reincarnation research ................................................... 237 Carlos S. Alvarado Ian Stevenson’s contributions to research with spontaneous ESP experiences ....................................................................................... 238 John Palmer Ian Stevenson on mental mediumship ...................................................... 239 The Parapsychological Association Convention 2007 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a distinct honor to have been selected Program Chair for the 50th Anniversary of our distinguished association. To commemorate this milestone, this year’s program includes a special panel, organized by the president, Rex G. Stanford, that takes stock of how far we have come in meeting our objectives since the founding of the PA in 1957. In addition, there is the usual collection of interesting submissions, including 16 full papers, 9 research briefs, and 2 other panels. Finally, we have an invited address by Erlendur Haraldsson and the banquet address by Daryl Bem. These contributions represent a total of 26 first authors from 10 countries; the international scope of the PA continues to be evident. I have many people to thank for their contributions to the success of this year’s convention. First and foremost, I wish to thank the members of the Program Committee for their labors. Unlike many other scientific societies, the PA requires that submissions to our conventions undergo peer review. This review process not only weeds out submissions that do not meet the PAs standards, but it also helps authors improve the papers that we do accept. This, of course, means that our Program Committee members need to do more work than those who represent societies that lack such a provision. The Arrangements Committee also deserves recognition for the work they have done in selecting the venue for this year’s convention, working out the logistics with the hotel, and assuring that everything ran smoothly once the convention began. Last but not least, I want to thank the Rhine Research Center for providing me the “overhead”, without which my job would have been much more difficult. John Palmer, Ph.D., Program Chair The Parapsychological Association Convention 2007 1 2007 PA CONVENTION – CONVENTION PROGRAM Thursday, August 2 nd 6:00 – 10:00: Welcoming Activities 6:00 Registration 7:30 Social Reception Friday, August 3 rd 8:30 – 9:15: Introductory Activities 8:30 Registration 9:00 Welcoming remarks: Rex G. Stanford (PA President), John Palmer (Program Chair) 9:15 – 10:40: Panel: Forgotten Pioneers of Parapsychology Chair: Carlos S. Alvarado 9:15 Introduction – Carlos
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