Give the Null Hypothesis a Chance Reasons to Remain Doubtful about the Existence of Psi
- J. Alcock
- Psychology
- 2003
Is there a world beyond the senses? Can we perceive future events before they occur? Is it possible to communicate with others without need of our complex sensory-perceptual apparatus that has…
Parapsychology: Science of the anomalous or search for the soul?
- J. Alcock
- Psychology
- 1 December 1987
Although there has been over a century of formal empirical inquiry, parapsychologists have clearly failed to produce a single reliable demonstration of “paranormal,” or “psi,” phenomena. Although…
Factors Affecting Extraordinary Belief
- Laura P. Otis, J. Alcock
- Psychology
- 1 October 1982
Summary The extent of belief in a wide variety of extraordinary phenomena was examined among people of different educational backgrounds. A questionnaire, which included a 30-item Extraordinary…
Searching for the impossible: Parapsychology's elusive quest.
An opposing perspective and a broad-based critique of the entire parapsychology enterprise are presented, finding that, despite the existential impossibility of psi phenomena and the nearly 150 years of efforts during which there has been, literally, no progress, there are still scientists who continue to embrace the pursuit.
Critical Thinking and Belief in the Paranormal
- J. Alcock, Laura P. Otis
- Psychology
- 1 April 1980
The critical thinking ability of 13 believers and 13 nonbelievers in paranormal phenomena was examined in two studies. In the first study, believers and skeptics were given Watson and Glaser's (1964)…
Attributions about impossible things.
- J. Alcock
- Psychology
- 2010
Science and Supernature: A Critical Appraisal of Parapsychology
- J. Alcock
- Psychology
- 1 June 1990
Is there more to our existence than modern science can measure? For more than a hundred years, parapsychology - the scientific study of paranormal phenomena - has tried to find the answer to this…
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