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-This is a listing, in progress, of news items about parapsychology, psi, the paranormal and related subjects, posted to the [https://psiencequest.net/forums/index.php Psience Quest Forums]. We hope that news about parapsychology is adequately covered here, but news about other topics will represent only a selection.
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-For news during other periods, see the [[Psience News]] Index.
+==Extended consciousness phenomena==
+===Books and book reviews===
+*A new book by Herb Mertz entitled [https://www.amazon.com/Selection-Effect-Consciousness-Shapes-Reality/dp/1733508007 "The Selection Effect: How Consciousness Shapes Reality"] has been published ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=33504#pid33504 Discuss])
+===Periodicals, published papers and preprints===
+*[https://ruickbie.com/2019/09/24/paranormal-review-91/ Issue 91] and [https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33503#pid33503 issue 92] (2019, but only now distributed) of the Society for Psychical Research's magazine "Paranormal Review" have appeared ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33259#pid33259 Discuss])
-==Extended consciousness phenomena==
+*The [https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33516#pid33516 Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 84, number 1 (January 2020)] has appeared  ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33516#pid33516 Discuss])
 ===Psi Encyclopedia===
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 *[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/robert-morris Robert Morris] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33468#pid33468 Discuss])
+*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/caroline-watt Caroline Watt] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33505#pid33505 Discuss])
 ===Articles and blog posts===
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 From this and previous pages of Psience News.
-*18 January - 29 February 2020: Online
+*15 January - 31 March 2020: Online
 :Nancy Zingrone's and Carlos Alvarado's free course, [https://theazire.wiziqxt.com/course/76645 "Parapsychology Research & Education: Psychology and Parapsychology" (ParaMOOC2020)] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33187#pid33187 Discuss])
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 *13 February 2020: London
-:John Fraser will give a lecture entitled [https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--50?pid=32511#pid32511 "Are Poltergeists Rare? Or are all cases 'Intermediate' with a strange mix of phenomena?"] at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--50?pid=32511#pid32511 Discuss])
+:John Fraser will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D130%26reset%3D1 "Are Poltergeists Rare? Or are all cases 'Intermediate' with a strange mix of phenomena?"] at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--50?pid=32511#pid32511 Discuss])
 *22 February 2020: Edinburgh
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 *25 April 2020: London
 :The Society for Psychical Research will hold a study day on the theme of [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D133%26reset%3D1 "Psi and post-materialist science: the search for a new paradigm"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33375#pid33375 Discuss])
+*25 April 2020: London '''(NEW)'''
+:The Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society is organising a symposium entitled [https://www.bps.org.uk/events/end-life-inner-experience-and-unusual-awareness-dying "End-of-Life: Inner experience and unusual awareness in the dying"] at the Society's headquarters ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events-and-professional-surveys?pid=33508#pid33508 Discuss])
 *16 - 19 June 2020: Durham, North Carolina
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 ==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science==
+===Periodicals, published papers and preprints===
+*A report by Michelle J. Redinbaugh ''et al.'' entitled [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627320300052 "Thalamus Modulates Consciousness via Layer-Specific Control of Cortex"] has been published at ScienceDirect. It is discussed in an article by Ali Pattillo entitled [https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/tiny-area-of-the-brain-could-enable-consciousness "A tiny area of the brain may enable consciousness, says 'exhilarating' study"] at Inverse ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-thalamus?pid=33515#pid33515 Discuss])
 ===Debates and dialogues===
 *[https://letter.wiki/conversation/277#letter_1526 On metaphysics & science], the eighth and final letter, by Massimo Pigliucci, in the dialogue between himself and Philip Goff- [https://letter.wiki/conversation/277 On The Problem of Consciousness, Panpsychism & more] - has been uploaded to [https://letter.wiki/conversations Letter] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-a-post-galilean-paradigm?pid=33473#pid33473 Discuss])
+===Articles and blog posts===
+*The post [https://verbosestoic.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/could-consciousness-have-evolved/ Could Consciousness Have Evolved?] has been published on [https://verbosestoic.wordpress.com/ The Verbose Stoic] blog, commenting on [https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/philosopher-consciousness-could-not-have-evolved/ Jerry Coyne's response] to Bernardo Kastrup's article [https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-cannot-have-evolved-auid-1302 Consciousness Cannot Have Evolved] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-kastrup-idea-of-the-world?pid=33493#pid33493 Discuss])
+*An article by Jun Wu entitled [https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/02/11/our-reality-and-why-consciousness-is-important/ "Our Reality And Why Consciousness Is Important"] has appeared at Forbes ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-our-reality-and-why-consciousness-is-important?pid=33499#pid33499 Discuss])
+*A blog article by Bernardo Kastrup entitled [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/yes-free-will-exists/ "Yes, Free Will Exists"] has appeared at Scientific American ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-kastrup-idea-of-the-world?pid=33502#pid33502 Discuss])
 ==Alternative Views on Science==