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==Extended consciousness phenomena==
==Extended consciousness phenomena==
===Books and book reviews===
*A review of a forthcoming book by John Fraser entitled [https://www.spookyisles.com/john-fraser-poltergeist-review/ "Poltergeist!"] has appeared on the Spooky Isles website ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=34185#pid34185 Discuss])


===Periodicals, published papers and preprints===
===Periodicals, published papers and preprints===


*[http://178.128.174.226:3838/TPP_follow_results/ Preliminary results], [https://psyarxiv.com/uwk7y/download a draft preprint] and [https://osf.io/xa4rq/?pid=3e9rg supplementary materials] are available from the Transparent Psi Project, a large-scale attempt to replicate Experiment 1 from Daryl Bem's "Feeling the Future" paper ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-transparent-psi-project?pid=34117#pid34117 Discuss])
*[http://178.128.174.226:3838/TPP_follow_results/ Preliminary results], [https://psyarxiv.com/uwk7y/download a draft preprint] and [https://osf.io/xa4rq/?pid=3e9rg supplementary materials] are available from the Transparent Psi Project, a large-scale attempt to replicate Experiment 1 from Daryl Bem's "Feeling the Future" paper ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-transparent-psi-project?pid=34117#pid34117 Discuss])
===Articles and blog posts===
*A post by Massimo Biondi entitled [https://psireport.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/la-prima-ricerca-psichica-italiana/ "La prima ricerca psichica italiana"] (in Italian) has appeared on his Psi Report blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=34138#pid34138 Discuss])
*Reports of two exploratory tests for an effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the Global Consciousness Project have appeared - one by Roger Nelson entitled [http://global-mind.org/papers/pdf/Dow.Mar11to16.pdf "GCP network reactions to coronavirus and market news"] on the GCP website and [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10222041307644480 another by Bryan J. Williams] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-global-consciousness-project?pid=34139#pid34139 Discuss])


==Upcoming events==
==Upcoming events==

Revision as of 18:15, 26 March 2020

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Extended consciousness phenomena

Books and book reviews

  • A review of a forthcoming book by John Fraser entitled "Poltergeist!" has appeared on the Spooky Isles website (Discuss)

Periodicals, published papers and preprints

Articles and blog posts

Upcoming events

From this and previous pages of Psience News. For further details, see the Calendar section.

  • 15 January - 31 March 2020: Online
Nancy Zingrone's and Carlos Alvarado's free course, "Parapsychology Research & Education: Psychology and Parapsychology" (ParaMOOC2020) (Discuss)
  • 3 February - 23 March 2020: Online
An eight-week course entitled "Field Investigations: Apparitions, Hauntings, & Poltergeists," by Loyd Auerbach for the Rhine Education Center (Discuss)
  • 3 - 24 March 2020: Online
A four-week course entitled "How to Choose a Psychic," by Loyd Auerbach for the Rhine Education Center (Discuss)
  • 4 - 25 March 2020: Online
A four-week course entitled "Presentiment: Exploring the Nature and Theories of Time," by John G. Kruth for the Rhine Education Center (Discuss)
  • 6 April - 19 June 2020: Online
An eleven-week course entitled "Introduction to Parapsychology" organised by the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at Edinburgh University (Discuss)
  • 28 October - 2 November 2020: Rice University, Houston, Texas
A conference entitled "Opening The Archives Of The Impossible", to mark the launch of a research facility including the archives of Jacques Vallee, Whitley Strieber, Ed May, Richard Haines and Larry Bryant (Discuss)