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Anomalous cognition involves the acquisition of information emerging from a distant point in spacetime that is blocked from the usual sensory systems by distance, shielding or time. From 1975 to 1995, Edwin May was a scientist and then program director for the U.S. government's psychic espionage program, known as STAR GATE. With the closing of that program, research has continued at the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, in Palo Alto, in the areas of methodology and analysis, neurophysiological studies, personnel assessment and selection, operations research, the physics of anomalous cognition, and psychokinesis.
The conclusions from this 35+ year research effort can be summarized as (1) ESP exists; (2) the gradient of Shannon entropy is the key factor influencing information transfer; (3) because of the innate nature of the ability, the phenomenon so far resists training for excellence (and replication studies will not yield results), and (4) evidence for psychokinesis (PK) is questionable.
This book presents the state-of-the-art, with 26 key papers on research methods, physiological research, decision augmentation theory, entropy, other research, and research challenges.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword deleteRichard Broughton
Introduction deleteEdwin C. May
Research Methods in Anomalous Cognition
Anomalous Cognition: Two Protocols for Data Collection and Analyses
(Edwin C. May, Sonali Bhatt Marwaha and Vinay K. Chaganti)
A Target Pool and Database for Anomalous Cognition Experiments (Edwin C. May and Laura V. Faith)
Managing the Target-Pool Bandwidth: Possible Noise Reduction for Anomalous Cognition Experiments delete(Edwin C. May and S. James P. Spottiswoode)
Advances in Remote Viewing Analysis delete(Edwin C. May, Jessica M. Utts, Wanda L. W. Luke and Thane J. Frivold)
Advances in Anomalous Cognition Analysis: A Judge-Free and Accurate Confidence-Calling Technique delete(Edwin C. May)
Target and Sender Dependencies in Anomalous Cognition Experiments delete(Nevin D. Lantz, Wanda L. W. Luke and Edwin C. May)
Feedback Considerations in Anomalous Cognition Experiments delete(Edwin C. May, Nevin D. Lantz and Tom Piantanida)
Physiological Research in Anomalous Cognition
A Methodological Issue in the Study of Correlation Between Psychophysiological Variables delete(Edwin C. May, S. James P. Spottiswoode and Laura V. Faith)
Skin Conductance Prestimulus Response: Analyses, Artifacts and a Pilot Study delete(S. James P. Spottiswoode and Edwin C. May)
Anomalous Anticipatory Effects in the Human Autonomic Nervous System (Edwin C. May and S. James P. Spottiswoode)
Anomalous Anticipatory Skin Conductance Response to Acoustic Stimuli: Experimental Results and Speculation Upon a Mechanism (Edwin C. May, Tamás Paulinyi and Zoltán Vassy)
A Search for Alpha Power Changes Associated with Anomalous Cognition (Edwin C. May, S. James P. Spottiswoode and Laura V. Faith)
Neurophysiological Correlates of Remote Viewing (Edwin C. May, Wanda W. Luke and Thane J. Frivold)
Decision Augmentation Theory: A Phenomenological Model
Decision Augmentation Theory: Toward a Model of Anomalous Mental Phenomena delete(Edwin C. May, Jessica M. Utts and S. James P. Spottiswoode)
Applications of Decision Augmentation Theory delete(Edwin C. May, S. James P. Spottiswoode, and Jessica M. Utts)
The Global Consciousness Project: Identifying the Source of Psi (Edwin C. May and S. James P. Spottiswoode)
Entropy: A Fundamental Model of Anomalous Cognition
Anomalous Cognition Technical Trials: Inspiration for the Target Entropy Concept (Edwin C. May and Nevin D. Lantz)
Shannon Entropy: A Possible Intrinsic Target Property (Edwin C. May
delete deleteand S. James P. Spottiswoode)
Anomalous Cognition: A Replication and Correlation with the Gradient of Shannon Entropy delete(Edwin C. May)
Toward a Classical Thermodynamic Model for Retro-Cognition (Edwin C. May)
Testing Schrödinger's Paradox with a Michelson Interferometer delete(Evan H. Walker, Edwin C. May, S. James P. Spottiswoode and Tom Piantanida)
Other Research
Forced-Choice Anomalous Cognition delete(Edwin C. May)
The Possible Role of Intention, Attention and Expectation in Remote Viewing (Joseph W. McMoneagle and Edwin C. May)
Anomalous Cognition Effect Size: Dependence on Sidereal Time and Solar Wind Parameters delete(S. James P. Spottiswoode and Edwin C. May)
Research Challenges
Facing the Challenges of Parapsychology delete(Edwin C. May)
The American Institutes for Research Review of the Department of Defense's STAR GATE Program: A Commentary delete(Edwin C. May)
Glossary
Publications of Edwin C. May
About the Contributors
Index
