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17 June 2021:
Added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 35, number 2 (2021), to Publication Search.

2 June 2021:
Added two PsyArXiv preprints from May 2021 (one an update) to Publication Search.

27 May 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Published papers and preprints:
- Deep Weird: High Strangeness, Boggle Thresholds and Damned Data in Academic Research on Extraordinary Experience by Jack Hunter - Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 7(1), 5-8 (2021) (open access)
Periodicals:
- A new monthly electronic newsletter - the Notiziario Italiano di Parapsicologia (Italian Parapsychology Newsletter, in Italian) - has been announced on the Psi Report blog. It is freely available on request to the email address in the article.
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Kemal Atasoy (reincarnation case) by James G Matlock
- Everard Feilding by Melvyn Willin
- Arthur Koestler by Melvyn Willin
- Manfred Cassirer by Melvyn Willin
- Benson Herbert by Melvyn Willin
Video/audio:
- Parapsychology Round Table (Helen Blaby, BBC Radio Northampton)
  A continuing series of radio discussion programmes with the staff of the Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences at Northampton University:
  - 4: Research and Reputation
  - 5: Poltergeist
- Parapsychological Association video playlists:

7 May 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Published papers and preprints:
- Lawrence LeShan's Clairvoyant Reality as William James' Revelation of Veridical Reality by Jonathan Bricklin - Journal of Conscious Evolution, 17, article 1 (2021) (open access)
- The Hill Effect as a Test for Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake - sheldrake.org (open access)
- Neurons in the mouse brain correlate with cryptocurrency price: a cautionary tale by Guido Meijer - PsyArXiv (preprint; open access)
  Not a psi publication, but potentially relevant to psi. A short preprint illustrating a statistical artefact that can produce a spurious appearance of correlation between two time-varying signals that both evolve slowly over time. Three proposed remedies are tested - two of them work, but the third doesn't.
- Stage 1 Registered Report: Testing mediumship accuracy with a triple-blind protocol by Fernando Sinesio, Laura Liberale, Ines Testoni and Patrizio E. Tressoldi - F1000Research 10, 351 (2021) (awaiting peer review; open access)
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Ralph Noyes by Melvyn Willin
- Arthur Ellison by Melvyn Willin
- Near-Death Experiences - Paranormal Aspects by Titus Rivas
- Donald West by Melvyn Willin
Book reviews:
- It's Life And Death, But Not As You Know It!, by Tricia. J. Robertson (2021), reviewed by Ashley Knibb for the Society for Psychical Research
Video/audio:
- Parapsychology Round Table (Helen Blaby, BBC Radio Northampton)
  A continuing series of radio discussion programmes with the staff of the Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences at Northampton University:
Online articles and blog posts:
- Tom Ruffles, in The Society for Psychical Research at 100: Beyond the Threshold, reviews a BBC radio programme made in 1982 to mark the Society's 100th anniversay, and now available at YouTube.

5 May 2021:
Added Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 85, number 1 (January 2021), to Publication Search.

1 May 2021:
Added two PsyArXiv preprints from April 2021 (one an update) to Publication Search.

16 April 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Books:
- Barbara Ensrud and Sally Rhine Feather, editors, J. B. Rhine, Letters 1923-1939: ESP and the Foundations of Parapsychology (McFarland, 2021)
- Eric Wargo, Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self (Inner Traditions, 2021)
  The theme of the book is discussed in a recent post on the author's blog
- Michael D. Gordin, On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience (Oxford University Press, 2021)
- Terry Keefe, Premonitions of the Titanic Disaster (Troubadour, 2021)
Periodical:
- The first issue of the new Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research (replacing the Paranormal Review) is now available to members online
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Windbridge Institute by Michael Duggan
- Windbridge Research Center by Michael Duggan
- Mary Rose Barrington by Melvyn Willin
- Signs of Reincarnation in Africa by James G. Matlock
Video/audio:
- Terje Simonsen, The Future of Parapsychology (Alex Tsakiris, Skeptiko)
Forthcoming events:
- 23 April, 2021: Jeffrey J. Kripal, The Superhumanities: What They Are and Why Parapsychology Is So Important to Them (an online invited address organised by the Parapsychological Association)
- 29 April, 2021: Julia Mossbridge, Precognition, time travel and consciousness (a lecture organised by the Swedish SPR)

9 April 2021:
Added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry, to Publication Search:

Attitudes and Beliefs as Predictors of Psi Effects in a Pseudo-Gambling Task, by Lance Storm

2 April 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Published papers and preprints:
- Examining implicit beliefs in a replication attempt of a time-reversed priming task by Marilyn Schlitz and Arnaud Delorme - F1000Research, 10:5 (2021) (approved; open access)
- Registered Report: Anomalous perception in a Ganzfeld condition - A meta-analysis of more than 40 years investigation by Patrizio E. Tressoldi and Lance Storm - F1000Research, 10:234 (2021) (submitted; open access)
- Facing biology's open questions: Rupert Sheldrake's "heretical" hypothesis turns 40 by Alex Gomez-Marin - BioEssays, early view (2021) (accepted; open access)
Periodical:
- Number 45 of the Society for Scientific Exploration's online magazine EdgeScience is now available online.
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Guy Lyon Playfair by Melvyn Willin
- Maurice Grosse by Melvyn Willin
- Past-Life Memory and Amnesia by K. M. Wehrstein

1 April 2021:
Added two PsyArXiv preprints from March 2021 (both updates) to Publication Search.

19 March 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Book:
- Stanley Krippner, Adam J. Rock, Harris L. Friedman and Nancy L. Zingrone, editors, Advances in Parapsychological Research 10 (2021) (McFarland)
  A collection of reviews of the current status of selected topics in parapsychology, covering recent critical assessments, mediumship, quantum theory and neuroscience, and psychic detection
Published paper:
- Genetics of psychic ability - A pilot case-control exome sequencing study by Helané Wahbeh, Dean Radin, Garret Yount, Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Matthew A. Sarraf and Marcela V. Karpuj - Explore, DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2021.02.014 (2021)
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Alan Gauld by Melvyn Willin
- Interethnic and Intercultural Reincarnation Cases by K. M. Wehrstein
- Loyd Auerbach by Michael Duggan
- Heartmath Institute by Michael Duggan
- John Poynton by Melvyn Willin
Video:
- The Presence of Consciousness in the World - In Conversation with Roger Nelson (Thanatos TV EN)

16 March 2021:
Added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 35, number 1 (2021), to Publication Search.

5 March 2021:
Added Mindfield Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields, from Volume 11, Issue 3, to Publication Search. (Note that the Parapsychological Association has kindly given permission for these lists to be included here for issues published more than a year ago.)

5 March 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Book:
- K. S. Rawat and Titus Rivas, Reincarnation as a Scientific Concept: Scholarly Evidence for Past Lives (2021) (White Crow Books)
Preprint:
- Entanglement in Cognition violating Bell Inequalities Beyond Cirel'son's Bound by Diederik Aerts, Jonito Aerts Arguëlles, Lester Beltran, Suzette Geriente and Sandro Sozzo - ResearchGate
  This paper comes from the field of Quantum Cognition, in which cognitive processes are modelled by analogy to quantum processes. This formalism may (or may not) have relevance to psi phenomena.
Periodical:
- Volume 12, Issue 3 of the Parapsychological Association's Mindfield bulletin is now available to members online
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Marjorie Woollacott by Michael Duggan
- Emotion and Motivation Laboratory by Michael Duggan
- Pavel Stepanek by K. M. Wehrstein and Robert McLuhan
- Reincarnation and Karma by K. M. Wehrstein
Book review:
- Blithe Spirits: A History of the Poltergeist, by S. D. Tucker (2020), reviewed by Ted Dixon for the Society for Psychical Research

1 March 2021:
Added one PsyArXiv preprint from February 2021 to Publication Search.

26 February 2021:
Added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry, to Publication Search:

Retroactive priming of a compound remote associates task (CRAT) using pre-selected participants, by David Vernon and Malcolm Schofield

12 February 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Preprint:
- Long time-frame causally ambiguous behavior demonstrated in an optical system by Julia Mossbridge - ResearchGate, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26911.69282 - open access
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Jaytee (Pet Telepathy) by Robert McLuhan and K. M. Wehrstein
- Hafsteinn Björnsson (medium) by James G. Matlock
- Cottingley Fairies by K. M. Wehrstein
- Rakesh Gaur (reincarnation case) by K. M. Wehrstein
- Antonia Mills by K. M. Wehrstein
Videos:
- Dr Stephen Braude, The Veil of Stupidity (Alex Tsakiris, Skeptiko)
- Limitless Mind: A Live Stream Event with Russell Targ (New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove)
- Testing the ORCH OR Theory of Consciousness with Stuart Hameroff (New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove)
- Dr Irving Finkel, The First Ghost Stories (Archaeology Now)
  Presentation about beliefs and practices concerning ghosts and demons in ancient Mesopotamia.
Online articles:
- Patrick McNamara, A New Tool to Assess Possible Dream-Related Psi Phenomena (Dream Catcher blog, Psychology Today)

5 February 2021:
Added two study registrations at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry, to Publication Search:

The Effects of Imagery-Cultivation on Mood and Psi Performance, by Lance Storm
Darkness, Light and Numinosity in Remote Viewing Success, by Stanley Krippner and David T. Saunders

3 February 2021:
Added Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 84, number 4 (October 2020), to Publication Search.

2 February 2021:
Added three PsyArXiv preprints from January 2021 (all updates) to Publication Search.

30 January 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Book:
- Erlendur Haraldsson, Towards the Unknown: Memoir of a Psychical Researcher (2021) (White Crow Books)
Published paper:
- When spirits speak: absorption, attribution, and identity among spiritualists who report "clairaudient" voice experiences by Adam J. Powell and Peter Moseley - Mental Health, Religion and Culture, DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2020.1793310 (2021) - open access
Videos:
- Live Stream with Dean Radin (New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove)
- Time-traveling photons experiment - the conclusion! (Julia Mossbridge)
Online articles:
- Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione, Do quantum effects play a role in consciousness? (Physics World)
- Wendy M. Grossman, Searching for Rigor: Caroline Watt (Skeptical Inquirer)

15 January 2021:
Recent items of interest online:

Preprint:
- Is Brain-Mind Quantum? A theory and supporting evidence by Stuart Kauffman and Dean Radin - arXiv.org
Periodical:
- Volume 16, number 1, of the Boletín Electrónico de Parapsicología (in Spanish), published by the Instituto de Psicologia Paranormal in Argentina, has appeared online.
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Brazilian Children Who Recall Previous Lives by James G. Matlock
- Carl du Prel by Andreas Sommer
- Max Dessoir by Andreas Sommer
Videos:
- Interview with Dean Radin on Researching Energy Medicine (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- Presentation by Moritz Dechamps on Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness, 2018 (Society for Scientific Exploration)
- Talk by David Luke on Psychedelics, Altered States and Exceptional Experience, 2021 (Society for Scientific Exploration)
Blog post:
- Greg Taylor, in The Twilight Zone Has Been Flooded with Shit, appeals for scepticism and responsibility in studying "fringe" topics, and quotes Voltaire's warning, "those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" (Daily Grail)

1 January 2021:
Added Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, volume 20, number 3 (2020), to Publication Search. Also added two PsyArXiv preprints from December 2020 (one updated and one new).

25 December 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

Periodicals:
- Number 44 of the Society for Scientific Exploration's online magazine EdgeScience is now available online. This is a special issue featuring an article entitled "Sentient Plants: A Product of Nature or Human Imagination?" by Krissy Eliot
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Emily Williams Kelly by Michael Duggan
- Baldoon Mystery by Rick Fehr
- Elizabeth Rauscher by Michael Duggan
- Institute of Noetic Sciences by Michael Duggan
- James Randi by K. M. Wehrstein and Robert McLuhan
Blog posts:
- Carlos S. Alvarado has published a post listing Some Online General Books About Psychical Research, including four from the 1950s and others from the 1920s and earlier
- Ben Goertzel, in a post entitled Sand Talk, Singularity and Psi, shares some thoughts raised by the book "Sand Talk" by Tyson Yunkaporta. The goal of the book is to "present and analyze modern civilization society from the perspective of Aboriginal indigenous society", and Goertzel views it as a "must read" and avidly recommends it

25 December 2020:
Added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 34, number 4 (2020), to Publication Search.

12 December 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

Periodicals:
- Numbers 95 and 96 of the SPR's Paranormal Review are now available to members online, with publicly accessible lists of contents
- Volume 12, Issue 2 of the Parapsychological Association's Mindfield bulletin is now available to members online
Article in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Erlendur Haraldsson by James G. Matlock
Book review:
- Rediscovering E. R. Dodds: scholarship, education, poetry, and the paranormal, by Christopher Stray, C. B. R. Pelling and S. J. Harrison (2019), reviewed by Alexandre Johnston for the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Videos:
- Jeffrey Mishlove's New Thinking Aloud YouTube channel has hosted a Live Stream With Roger Nelson, in which he discusses his career and the Global Consciousness Project, including plans for a forthcoming "version 2.0" of the project
- A presentation entitled Parapsychology and Psychology: An Introduction by Carlos S. Alvarado, given as part of the ParaMOOC2020 online course, has been made available on the Parapsychology Foundation's YouTube channel
News article:
- An article by Tamlin Magee entitled The Guy Predicting Stocks With An Army of App-Based Psychics, discussing Michael Ferrier's project to predict stock market movements using remote viewing, has appeared at VICE

9 December 2020:
Added Journal of Parapsychology, volume 84, number 2 (Fall 2020), to Publication Search. This issue includes an open-access article:

Depicting the Ethereal, Part I: Visual Art and Psi by Etzel Cardeña

7 December 2020:
Added Mindfield Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields, from Volume 11, Issue 2, to Publication Search. (Note that the Parapsychological Association has kindly given permission for these lists to be included here for issues published more than a year ago.)

1 December 2020:
Added two PsyArXiv preprints from November 2020 to Publication Search.

28 November 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

Published paper:
- The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation by Charlotte Martial, Jessica Simon, Ninon Puttaert, Olivia Gosseries, Vanessa Charland-Verville, Anne-Sophie Nyssen, Bruce Greyson, Steven Laureys and Héléna Cassol - Consciousness and Cognition, 86, 103049 (2020) - abstract freely accessible
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Jim B. Tucker by Michael Duggan and K. M. Wehrstein
- Experimental Psi: Recent Innovations by Michael Duggan
Book reviews:
- Contact with the Future: The Nature of Extrasensory Perception, by Jon Taylor, reviewed by Nemo C. Mörck for the SPR
- Smile of the Universe: Miracles in an Age of Disbelief, by Michael Grosso, reviewed by Graham Kidd for the SPR
Obituaries:
- Lawrence LeShan (1920-2020), on the SPR website
- Erlendur Haraldsson (1931-2020), on the SPR website and Carlos S. Alvarado's Parapsychology blog

14 November 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

Several new articles have been added to the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Elisabeth Targ by Michael Duggan
- David Saunders by Michael Duggan
- Susan Blackmore by K. M. Wehrstein and Michael Duggan
- Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia by Michael Duggan
A review by Sarah Porch-Lee of a recent book by Jack Hunter entitled Spirits, Gods and Magic: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Supernatural (2nd edition) has appeared on the Society for Psychical Research website.
A Mentorship Programme for Professional and Student Members of the Parapsychological Association has been announced.
A paper by A. Delorme, C. Cannard, D. Radin and H. Wahbeh entitled "Accuracy and neural correlates of blinded mediumship compared to controls on an image classification task" has been published - Brain and Cognition, 146, 105638 (2020). Participants were shown photographs of deceased persons and asked to guess the cause of death. The conclusion was that controls performed better than mediums.
In a blog post (in Italian), Massimo Biondi has criticised a paper by B. Butzer entitled "Bias in the evaluation of psychology studies: A comparison of parapsychology versus neuroscience" - Explore, 16(6), 382-391 (2020)

1 November 2020:
Added five PsyArXiv preprints from October 2020 (all revisions) to Publication Search.

31 October 2020:
Added Mindfield Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields to Publication Search. I am grateful to the Parapsychological Association for permission to include this material.

25 October 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

Several new articles have been added to the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Henry Sidgwick by Robert McLuhan and Alan Gauld
- Callum E Cooper by Michael Duggan
- Rhine Research Center by by Michael Duggan
The prominent and controversial sceptic, James Randi, has died at the age of 92. At "The Skeptic", Chris French has posted an article entitled What James Randi meant to me. A somewhat different perspective comes from Nemo C. Mörck's 2015 review of the film "An Honest Liar" about Randi's life.
At "New Thinking Allowed", Jeffrey Mishlove has interviewed Dani Caputi about New Random Event Strategies in Parapsychology, an approach to psychokinesis experiments that is claimed to offer larger effect sizes than traditional ones.

8 October 2020:
Recent items of interest online:

An article by James G. Matlock on American Children Who Recall Previous Lives has been added to the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia.
A review by John Rimmer of a recent book by Matt Wingett entitled Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light has appeared at Magonia Review. This is described as "largely an account, in his own words, of Doyle's developing views on religion, science and ethics", going up to about 1920 and therefore not covering the last decade of Doyle's life.
A book edited by Ehler Voss, entitled Mediality on Trial: Testing and Contesting Trance and Other Media Techniques, has been published.

6 October 2020:
Added Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 84, number 3 (July 2020), to Publication Search.

2 October 2020:
Added one PsyArXiv preprint from September 2020 (a revision) to Publication Search.