* -y Parapsychology Abstracts International that the strict application of the double-blind method of- fers the researcher the guarantee of absolute objectivity in estimating results. - DA/R.A.W. 03616. Rigato, Mario. The possibility of suggestive in- fluences in certain analgesic effects of mag- netotherapy: A boundary problem between para- psychology and unquestioned sciences. Quaderni di Parapsicologia, 1986, 17(1), 46-48. The clinical effects of pulsed magnetic fields are easily controllable by means of radiography and other ob- jective data. On the other hand, the purely analgesic ef- fects declared by the patient are not controllable. Some authors suggest that a placebo effect is present. On this problem an experimental research program is presented to be carried out in collaboration with the Parapsychology Laboratory of The University of Utrecht. The aim is to point out some aspects which could involve academic or- thodoxy as well as parapsychology. - DA/R.A.W. 03617. Bersani, Ferdinando, and Travisan, Bruno. Ex- periences with psycholinguistic PK. Quaderni di Para- psicologia, 1986, 17(1), 49-53. 1 ref Last year we presented a new method that could detect some possible PK effects catalyzed by the interpreta- tion of semirandom acoustic signals recorded on a tape re- corder. In a previous study we investigated the possibility of perceiving linguistic patterns in suitable nonlinguistic acoustic events. The two essential conditions in order to obtain such effects were: (a) the availability of sounds that could be listened to over and over again on a tape recorder, and (b) the propensity of the subject to under- stand that what they are listening to is a linguistic mes- sage. As we showed last year, the hypothesis can be formu- lated which says that a condition can be produced during the linguistic interpretation that is particularly conducive in order to praduce some PK effects by which a “nonintentional” modification of acoustic patterns could result in better equating the acoustic event to a linguistic model produced by the subject’s mind. This hypothesis also fits with Stanford's “conformance behavior” model. In our set-up, the physical target of the PK is the electronic device by which the acoustic events are processed. In other words, our present investigation involves the possibility of detecting some modifications in the electronic “processing” of the acoustic signals previously recorded. In our pilot attempts the subject was requested to listen (using headphones) to suitable signals, and his emotional involvement was monitored via an electronic device called the “oracle,” wherein the subject asks the “oracle” to speak about some personal questions. In other words, the acoustic signals can be used as targets for a short projective test in which the subject is particularly involved. In order to im- prove the psychological connection between the electronic device and the subjects, we introduced some modifications into the circuits with respect to the previous instrumenta- tion, and we also introduced feedback by means of a small light that flashes when the "oracle" speaks. With these modifications we have conducted an extensive investigation with quite a large number of subjects) No PK effect was detected. Nevertheless, experimentation is still going on in order to obtain a very large amount of data. - DA/R.A.W. 03618. Dettore, Ugo. A hypothesis of clairvoyance. Quad- erni di Parapsicologia, 1986, 17(1), 54-60. We hypothesize a sensoriality in time (past and fu- ture) on the pattern of which the sensoriality in spacc (present), peculiar to the five known senses, would have 12 Vol. 7, No. 2 December 1989 formed. The sensoriality in time would be peculiar to ail, living and nonliving beings; the one in space would belong only to living beings, even if potentially present in the nonliving ones. Clairvoyance would consist in the sen- soriality in time (retrocognition and precognition); clair- voyance in the present, or cryptesthesia, would in reality be a perception of the immediate past, displaced only by a few moments as to the present, On the basis of time sen- soriality, it would have formed intuitive thought which is always creative and leads to the evolution of all beings; on the basis of space sensoriality, it would have developed ra- tional thought, which in itself isn’t creative but only aims at settling fixed relations, or laws, among beings. The in- teraction between the two sensorialities and the two forms of thought offers us the whole of reality. - DA/R.A.W. 03619. Martelli, Aldo. Experiences of collaboration with certain prestidigitators in the investigation of some presumably paranormal cases.  Quaderni di Para- psicologia, 1986, I7(1), 61-68. On several occasions, during our investigations and experimental researches on some supposed paranormal phenomena, we availed ourselves of the collaboration of two conjurors; Vanni Bossi and Alexander. In our opinion, such collaboration is useful and advisable. Ob- viously, one should consider certain difficulties, deriving, for instance, from the conjurors’ engagements. ~ We agree with Vanni Bossi that it is not enough to have at our disposal a “tout-court” good conjuror. It is also necessary that the conjurer is practiced, not only in conjuring tricks in general, but also with those tricks that “paranormal” subjects could perform. Thanks to Alexander’s collaboration, we investigated a supposed phenomenon of water creation. The subject was a 1S-year-old girl, This case proved to be a trick as the girl, thanks to her extraordinary skill, was able to put out the salivary secretion through her imperceptibly half-open lips. We also investigated a case of an 11-year-old boy who had been described as the protagonist of many extraor- dinary ESP and PK phenomena. In our presence, the boy was able only to make a thermometer mercury rise, by means of a “trick,” unconscious perhaps, but soon revealed. Moreover, in 1978, in Milan, Alexander caught Geller bend- ing a key by hand, simulating PK. He was able to reproduce the success in the same way. We made use of the two conjurors’ opinions also in order to examine (as deeply as possible) about 30 experi- ments. They involved metal bending and of other kinds, selected among over 200 experiments performed during some years with half a dozen “mini-gellers," and with Professor Bersani’s collaboration. We chose that experi- ments because we considered them valid as far as their paranormal “genuineness” was concerned. In this case, we should be satisfied with the con- jurors’ posterior judgment that is given on the basis of our account. In fact, we cannot have them at our disposal all throughout the experiment. The explanations for the phenomena, that the conjurors gave separately, partly coin- cided, partly contrasted, and only two were judged tenable, on the basis of our experimental experience. In some cases, then, the conjurors admitted that, if things had ac- tually gone as we had described, the only explanation they could give was the operator’s inattention. - DA/R.A.W. 03620. Cassoli, Piero. A contribution to the study of pranotherapy. Quaderni di Parapsicologia, 1986, /7(1). 69-89. 43 refs; 1 table The author, a physician, discusses problems concerning “healers.” For many years he has been investigating only Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400140001-8