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Surprising Ways to Beat Anxiety and Become Mentally Strong–According to Science


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Sci, 2020-02-07, 09:56 AM

Surprising Ways to Beat Anxiety and Become Mentally Strong–According to Science

Olivia Remes


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Forgive Yourself and ‘Wait to Worry’

Are you particularly cri

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SPR Psi Open Data archive


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Chris, 2020-02-07, 08:20 AM

(2017-08-20, 12:09 AM)Chris Wrote: Also from the SPR, there's an online archive of experimental data, called "Psi Open Data". Currently there are 9 datasets, but the archive is expanding:
https://open-data.spr.ac.uk/

It has now expanded to 18 datasets. The most recent, added t

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Our First Contact With Aliens Might Be With Their Robots


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Sci, 2020-02-06, 02:30 AM

Our First Contact With Aliens Might Be With Their Robots


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So why haven’t we heard from other civilizations yet? Sure, time and space are vast, and relatively s

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Donald J. West


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    2 Replies

Chris, 2020-02-05, 09:25 PM

The SPR reports the sad news of the death of Professor Donald J. West five days ago at the age of 95. West had a long and distinguished career both as a criminologist and as a parapsychologist. He was a former research officer and a past president of the Society. He remained active in the field, pub

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How Flying Seriously Messes With Your Mind


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Sci, 2020-02-03, 10:04 PM

How Flying Seriously Messes With Your Mind

Richard Gray


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There are many theories about why flying might leave passengers more vulnerable to crying – sadness at leaving lo

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Appeal for help with a research project


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    No Replies

Chris, 2020-02-03, 10:48 AM

The following appeal has appeared on the SPR Facebook page, with a suggestion to circulate it further:

[i]"I am undertaking my final year Psychology project and am looking into the experience of near-death experiences and British culture and Irish Gaelic heritage and whether the latter (British c

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Examining Non-Ordinary Phenomena Experienced During Childhood


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Sci, 2020-02-02, 12:08 AM




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Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview


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Tom Butler, 2020-02-01, 10:45 PM

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G'day Psience folk


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Aussie Mike, 2020-02-01, 10:53 AM

I have been an experiencer of psi phenomena all my life - too wide a range to articulate here. These days things are not as spectacular or disruptive - just a gentle steady state of mild stuff. Mercifully. 

I have a neglected blog [aspiringanimist.com] I struggle to get back to. I mention it beca

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Dyslexia Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought It Did


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Sci, 2020-02-01, 07:29 AM

Dyslexia Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought It Did

Anna Nowogrodzki


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Studies find it’s the quick loss of recent implicit memory that is holding the brain back.
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