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perceptivity or apprehension. The alternative interpretation sub-
mitted in this papei maintains that there is only the appearance of
telepathy and that the "coincidental experience ofthe samepattern
of thought,
’’ under the circumstances stated, is due to, andperhaps
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
''^1.
Otis,
I.aura
l\, and
Kuo,
Eddie
C.Y.
Extraordinary
Beliefs among students
in
Singapore and Canada. Journal of
Psychology,
1984 (Mar),
1 16, 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
1 3 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,
I ndian, and M alay 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 ol different types of paranormal experiences also
reported greater numbers of temporal lobe signs. Whereas responses
of one group (TV =
1 08) of male and female university students gave
a correlation of .60 between the two measures, for another group
(
= 4
1 ) 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.
Hibhert 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
nhenomenon seems tenable. Some sort of occultistic conception of
the human body -
with “high bodies” and “higher faculties”
-
could explain telepathy along scmimaterialistic lines. This could be
t
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 Hartlinc, Peter H. Telemetry of
homing behavior by the deermouse, Peromyscus. Science
1964
(Dec 18), 4(5(365), 1596-1598.
fig;
illus; 9 refs
Miniature transmitters (weighing 2.5 to 2.7 grams, including
encapsulation) implanted subcutaneously indeermice(Pcrawr.«'u.r)
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 dcermice, 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 pseudotelckinesis in
psychotherapy. Journal ofthe American Society of Psychosomatic
Dentistry and Medicine, 1968 (Oct), 75(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 forscience
vary with
the way one conceives
of science
as
well
as
one’s
conception of psi.
It is suggested that psi may be a product of the
fact that all of our scientific concepts arc 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”(oversimp!ifi-
cation). Implications of this approach are considered. — DA
01467. Stevenson, lan. American children who claim to remember
previous
lives. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,
1983
77/(12), 742-748. 14 refs;
1 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.
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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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