Extrasensory perception : a Ciba Foundation Symposium / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Elaine C.P. Millar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019784303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Citadel Press, [1966, c1956]
• ISBN: 9786613619471; 9781280589645; 1280589647; 9780470718964; 047071896X; 9780470716410; 047071641X
• Edizione: [[1st paperbound ed.].]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); MillarElaine C. P
• Disciplina: 133.8
• Soggetti: Extrasensory perception
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First ed. published in 1956 under title: Ciba Foundation symposium on extrasensory perception.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The nature of the laboratory evidence for extrasensory perception; The strength and weakness of the available evidence for extrasensory perception; Some difficulties in the way of scientific recognition of extrasensory perception; Discussion; An outline of a field theory of organismic form and behaviour; The data of psychical research: a study of three hypotheses; Some statistical aspects of extrasensory perception research; Discussion; Psychical phenomena among primitive peoples; Extrasensory perception among peasant European populationsDiscussion; A case of pseudo-ESP; The simulation of telepathy; Discussion; The sensory nature of bird navigation; Testing for an ESP factor in pigeon homing; requirements, attempts and difficulties; Discussion; Parapsychology in the modern approach to psychosomatic man; Discussion; Experiences suggestive of paranormal ; cognition in the psycho-analytic situation; Discussion; General Discussion
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