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26 May 2023:
In Publication Search, added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 37, number 1 (2023).

1 May 2023:
In Publication Search, added two PsyArXiv preprints from April 2023.

30 April 2023:
Recent items of interest online:

• Published papers and preprints:
  • Associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs: A scoping review by Betul Rauf, Rotem Perach, Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Dan Denis, Brian A. Sharpless, Hope Farron, Christopher C. French and Alice M. Gregory - British Journal of Psychology, 00, 1-20 [sic] (2023) (open access)
• Periodicals and annual reports:
  • Issue 6 of The Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research (available to members)
  • Issue 52 of EdgeScience, the online magazine of the Society for Scientific Exploration
• Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
  • Institute of Paranormal Psychology [Buenos Aires] by Michael Duggan
  • James Houran by Michael Duggan
• Video/audio:
  • Reproducible Esp Testing (Data Skeptic)
    Podcast interview with Zoltán Kekecs, in which he discusses the Transparent Psi Project

7 April 2023:
In Publication Search, added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

• An Exploration of the Associations Between Meditation Experience, Extended Human Capacities and Synchronistic Experiences by Helané Wahbeh, Bethany Butzer, Michael Kriegsman and Garrett Yount

3 April 2023:
In Publication Search, added Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, volume 3, number 1 (2023).

1 April 2023:
In Publication Search, added three PsyArXiv preprints from March 2023.

31 March 2023:
Recent items of interest online:

• Books:
  • Grant R. Shafer, editor, Probing Parapsychology: Essays on a Controversial Science (McFarland, 2023)
    Forthcoming, available for pre-order from the publisher.
• Book reviews:
  • Parapsychology: A Beginner's Guide, by Caroline Watt (Oneworld Publications, 2016), reviewed by Tom Ruffles (The Joy of Mere Words)
• Published papers and preprints:
  • Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: the transparent Psi project by Zoltan Kekecs, Bence Palfi, Barnabas Szaszi, Peter Szecsi, Mark Zrubka, Marton Kovacs, Bence E. Bakos, Denis Cousineau, Patrizio Tressoldi, Kathleen Schmidt, Massimo Grassi, Thomas Rhys Evans, Yuki Yamada, Jeremy K. Miller, Huanxu Liu, Fumiya Yonemitsu, Dmitrii Dubrov, Jan Philipp Röer, Marvin Becker, Roxane Schnepper, Atsunori Ariga, Patrícia Arriaga, Raquel Oliveira, Nele Põldver, Kairi Kreegipuu, Braeden Hall, Sera Wiechert, Bruno Verschuere, Kyra Girán and Balazs Aczel - Royal Society open science, 10, 191375 (2023) (registered report; open access)
  • The power within: Mass media, scientific entertainment, and the introduction of psychical research into China, 1900-1920 by Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira - Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (2022) (open access)
• Periodicals and annual reports:
  • Volume 15, issue 1, of Mindfield, the online bulletin of the Parapsychological Association (available to members)
• Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
  • Archive of the Society for Psychical Research by Melvyn Willin
• Online articles and blog posts:
  • Huw Price and Ken Wharton, Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past (The Conversation)
    Article advocating retrocausality as an explanation for quantum entanglement. Another article by Becky Ferreira at Vice discusses this idea, with quotations from the authors and others.
  • Chris French, The Transparent Psi Project: the results are in, so where are all the headlines? (The Skeptic)
    Article criticising the lack of media coverage of the results of this unsuccessful attempted replication of one of Daryl Bem's 'Feeling the Future' experiments.
• Forthcoming events:
  • Call for Papers, 41st Annual Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration: Bloomington, Indiana, 23-26 July 2023, and Online Conference Encore, 20-22 October 2023
  • Zoltán Kekecs, Lessons learned during the Transparent Psi Project - a consensus-based multi-site replication of Bem 2011 experiment 1, Zoom presentation, 20.00-22.00 BST (Society for Psychical Research)

1 March 2023:
In Publication Search, added two PsyArXiv preprints from February 2023.

28 February 2023:
In Notes section, added:

• Note on the variance of the random variables used in the Global Consciousness Project

28 February 2023:
Recent items of interest online:

• Books:
  • Zofia Weaver and Krzysztof Janoszka, The Mind at Large: Clairvoyance, Psychics, Police and Life after Death: A Polish Perspective (White Crow Books, 2023)
• Book reviews:
  • Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence, by Gary Lachman (Floris Books, 2022), reviewed by Robin Carlile for Magonia Review
• Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
  • Delgado-Romero and Howard Telepathy Experiments by Robert McLuhan
  • Transparent Psi Project by Michael Duggan
  • Herb Mertz by Michael Duggan
• Video/audio:
  • Life after Death seminar, 3-4 October [2022] in Stockholm (Swedish Society for Parapsychological Research)
    Playlist of five presentations. Includes Chris Roe speaking on "The poor quality of skepticism".
  • In memory of Carlos S. Alvarado 1955-2021 and Carlos S. Alvarado's Lectures, Interviews, and Other Videos (Parapsychology Online)
    The second is a playlist of 35 videos.
  • Parapsychology and the Study of Religion and Spirituality Symposium (Parapsychological Association)
    Playlist of 11 presentations at the symposium.
• Online articles and blog posts:
  • Tom Ruffles, Modern Psychic Mysteries and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's resignation from the Society for Psychical Research
  • Tom Ruffles, Thoughts on keeping a dream diary
  • Craig Weiler, Parapsychology's Journey to the Mainstream (Paranormal Daily News)
    The story of the Parapsychological Association's affiliation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969
• Forthcoming events:
  • 65th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, 3-6 August 2023 in Oslo
  • Parapsychology Research and Education course - ParaMOOC 2023 (on Ghosts, Poltergeists and Hauntings), 28 February-1 April 2023 (Parapsychology Online)

23 February 2023:
In Publication Search, added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

• Does ganzfeld stimulation elicit a shift away from normal waking consciousness, and is this associated with ESP task success? by Chris Roe, David Saunders and Ewen Maclean

12 February 2023:
In Publication Search, added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 36, number 4 (2022).

11 February 2023:
In Notes section, added:

• The success rate of experiments in the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry
  • Notes on some of the studies registered with the Koestler Parapsychology Unit (revised 21 February 2023)

3 February 2023:
In Publication Search, added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

• Environmental Parapsychology: Systematic Reviews of Neural Correlates of Altered-Anomalous Experiences in Laboratory Versus Field Settings, by James Houran

1 February 2023:
In Notes section, added:

• Note on the choice between one-tailed and two-tailed significance tests

31 January 2023:
Recent items of interest online:

• Published papers and preprints:
  • Anomalous Psychedelic Experiences: At the Neurochemical Juncture of the Humanistic and Parapsychological by David Luke - Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(2), 257-297 (2022) (open access)
• Periodicals and annual reports:
  • Issue 51 of EdgeScience, the online magazine of the Society for Scientific Exploration
  • Volume 14, issue 3, of Mindfield, the online bulletin of the Parapsychological Association (available to members)
  • Volume 18, number 1, of the Boletín Electrónico de Parapsicología of the Instituto de Psicología Paranormal (in Spanish)
• Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
  • Wilkins and Sherman Telepathy by K. M. Wehrstein
  • Reincarnation Cases with Intermissions of Less Than Nine Months by James G. Matlock
  • Robert Bigelow (BICS) by K. M. Wehrstein
• Video/audio:
  • Parapsychology in China with Simon Duan (New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove)
  • First Sight Theory with Jim Carpenter (New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove)
  • Julie Beischel, Lisa Conboy and Mark Boccuzzi, Correlating mediums' accuracy under quintuple-blind conditions with five facets of mindfulness (Windbridge Research Center)

22 January 2023:
In Publication Search, added Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 86, number 3 (July 2022).

6 January 2023:
In Publication Search, added Mindfield Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields, from Volume 13, Issue 3. (Note that the Parapsychological Association has kindly given permission for these lists to be included here for issues published more than a year ago.)

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