pproved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3 1.1.1.4 Inter-species Communications Can AC be used to direct the behavior of members of other species? Are some species better communi- cators than others? . 1.1.1.5 Other Animals Tf an autonomic response (or AC-evoked response) can be identified in humans, it is very likely that such a physical sensorial system would not be unique to humans. What other animals possess similar sensorial systems. One might argue that “{ower” animals might require AC asa survival mechanism more than humans to. MEGs routinely are used in animal studies. 1.1.2 Applied 1.12.1 Other Physiology (Skin), 4 William Braud at the Mind Science Laboratory has been demonstrating electrodermal activity (EDR) in humans in response to AC stimuli. Can variations on this theme be used to identify correct from incor- rect elements in a verbal AC response. 1.122 mali havioral/Self = The search for personality that is predisposed toward a natural AC ability has been one of the major efforts in research parapsychology. (Hint: Thus the name.) Not surprising, however, to first order it has failed. (No slur intended—itisa very difficult problem!) Self-report (.e., ask the person to answer tricky personality-revealing questions about him/herself) methods are very unreliable. However, the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTD and the Q-Sort have shown some statistical significant results, but the reliability has been poor. We have examined, in detail, a promising behavioral technique (i-e., ask the person to do things rather than answer questions) called the Personality Assessment System. The PAS has enjoyed great success in certain government applications, and while it is difficult to administer, it continues to be promising to help us in the selection problem. Another approach to this general problem is to examine independent measures of vatious types of cre- ativity to search for correlations with AC functioning. 1.123 Perceptual Models Are there developed and standard models of perception that can help in understanding AC perception? For example, the parallel between subliminal perception, of which much is known, and AC perception, of which little is known, is striking. Can subliminal training techniques be ported to the AC domain? 1.12.4 Psychological Models As the name parapsychology also implies, much has been done in attempting to construct/apply psycho- logical models to understanding AC. Standard models have not been particularly successful in describ- ing non-AC behavior and thus its application to AC is problematical. Some success with Notes: Research Plan | 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3
J Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3 af! extroversion/introversion scales has been observed, but I think it is driven mainly by the AC-data collec- tion technique rather than anything basic to the functioning. 1.125 i irect/ ional Howare individuals, who possess a natural AC-ability or are susceptible to training, found? An example of adirect method is simply to ask many people to participate in an AC experiment and pick the be: is particularly inefficient (i.e., approximately 1%). One promising correlational technique is that high scoring individuals on the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibly Scale are also good AC detectors. 1.1.2.6 Environment—Physical (GMF) Interesting new analysis of the geomagnetic field (GMEF) has shown some weak correlation with AC abil- ity. Is this real and can it be used to enhance the output quality? Are there other physical correlates? In addition, are there other mental and/or physical human activities that correlate with the GMF or re- lated phenomena (e-g., DST—Change in Storm Time). 1.1.2.7 ‘ onment—Psychological n in The field of environmental psychology deals with understanding the impact of our near-environment on human performance (e.g., color of the walls, music). Are there other aspects of the so-called se tting that are important (€.g., lack of clutter)? The psychological set determines how the staff interact with the participants. What role do white lab coats play? Previous research has shown that a warm, supportive and inviting persona is important, but “touchy-feely” is too much. What are the important variable to illicit excellent AC functioning? —— Are there variable with known diurnal variations that correlate with AC functioning? 112.8 Environment—Ph iological Some of the obvious variables are: temperature, humidity, hunger and body stress. Are there more sub- tle issues (e.g., left hemisphere distraction) that can improve the functioning? 112.9 Artificial Can a machine/computer be taught to detect AC data? How can current expert systems be applied to understanding AC phenomena? - 112.10 nse Type (Audio/Vi Left Han Traditional AC responses have been mostly written and drawn. These methods are not necessarily opti- mal information processing modes for all people (e.g., some people can describe verbally better than in writing). If AC functioning is predominantly a right-brain activity, asking highly lateralized people to write/draw with their left hands may give more accurate responses. Notes: Research Plan Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3
f ra a Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3 One variation on this theme was developed by Budzinski. He found that “simple” right-brain messages were better “understood” if the left-brain was occupied. Can this technique be adapted to AC experi- ments.? 1.12.11 Redundancy (Multiple Pass/Multiple Detectors) Little formal investigation of redundancy appears in the literature. Sophisticated fuzzy-set analysis pro- vides a legitimate method of applying redundancy. 1.12.12 Communication AC techniques have been used in the past to “send” messages with 100% accuracy (e.g., a single 50-bit binary message was flawlessly sent using a multiple pass procedure). Can modern and efficient tech- niques (e.g., sequential sampling) improve the efficiency of such systems? } 1.1.2.13 Creativity ' . Do independent measures of various creative abilities correlate with AC functioning. 1.12.14 Analysis The development of analysis techniques for AC data has traditionally been a major part of the Cognitive Sciences Program. Simple techniques such as rank-order have the advantage of being understood by everyone, but those same techniques grossly underestimate the information transfer bit-rate. Yet com- plicated techniques such as fuzzy set analysis are difficult to understand and thus are prone to criticism. Nonetheless, adaptive fuzzy set analysis has been shown to be very promising in developing a person-de- pendent lexicon that can significantly improve the AC measure. Can neuronetworks and/or genetic algorithms be applied to the fuzzy set approach to AC analysis? 1.1.3 Mixed 1.13.1 Internal Noise Source The general problem of “internal” imagery is a current and major topic in traditional cognitive science. With somé limited success AC practitioners have been able to separate internally generated “noise” from target-related data. Can we improve on this? What training from traditional cognitive sciences can be adopted? 1.132 inin ich n ‘Training has been particularly difficult. The good news is that we have not observed a so-called decline effect (i-e., subjects start well and converge to the mean), but we also have not generally been able to demonstrate learning. By macroscopic I mean specific protocols—lesson plan. By operant I mean can response-neurons (hopefully identified in item 1.1.1.3 above) be trained by biofeedback techniques to improve the quality of AC data? Notes: Research Plan 6 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3 1.1.3.3 Session Protocols Session protocols is a general area that includes feedback parameters, session structure (i.e., how long, how often, technique), and data knowledge (Le., who knows what when). Another important aspect of session protocol i is when does the session begin and/or end? One test of thisis the “hooded” feedback protocol. In the falcon experiment, the AC participant is blind- folded jest after the session. With possible variations on a theme, the blindfold is removed at specific times during a physical visit to the target site. Some the sites revealed are decoy targets and occur before and after the actual feedback target. 1.2 Transmission _ Understanding how data propagates, from the source to the detector is a basic research problem. One driving issue is that precognition (i.el, data is received before—in 3-space—the source emits it) is real. 1.2.1 Baslc 12.1.1 Decision Augmentation Theory Decision Augmentation Theory (DAT) portents that the usual decision processes are augmented by sta- tistical amounts of information-leakage from the future. One application of this model to 15-years of random number generator data has been particularly successful. The model should be expanded and tested in a number of different experimental domains. 42.12 Worm Holes (4-Dimensions) Recent research in general relativity has suggested the oossibility of realizable time travel through worm holes in the 4-D manifold. Aboundary condition that emerged is that causality must be stochastic—not unlike the conclusion forced by the precognition data. What is needed is some smart GR theorist to calculate things for us. 12.1.3 Vector/Scalar Potential Propagation ? The E&M vector/scalar (A,®) potentials are under intense investigation. After the Aharonof (sp?) /Bohm effect demonstrated that A,® are fundamental aspects of E&M theory, it is hoped that A,® waves could propagate. To date, theory and experiments have not confirmed such propagation. Howev- . er, if there were a possible A,® propagation, it is likely that its properties would emulate some aspects of AC. Thus we should look into it. 12.1.4 Stochastic Causality Besides worm holes in 4-D, are there other implications of stochastic causality? Notes: Research Plan — 7 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600090002-3