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Anomalous experiences:

essays from parapsychological and psychological perspectives
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Matthew D. Smith
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McFarland, 2010 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 220 pages
Thirteen essays on the psychology and parapsychology of anomalous experience explore a range of phenomena, including extrasensory perception, haunting experiences, apparitions, alien contacts, seance room activity, and out-of-body experiences. The contributors are Daryl J. Bem, Etzel Cardena, Jezz Fox, Rachel Fox, Christopher C. French, Victoria Hamilton, Craig D. Murray, Ciaran O'Keeffe, Steve Parsons, Chris A. Roe, Julia Santomauro, Simon J. Sherwood, Christine Simmonds-Moore, Paul Stevens, Michael Thalbourne, Caroline Watt, Richard Wiseman and Robin Wooffitt.
  

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Contents

Preface
1
Three Studies
12
The Role of Altered States of Consciousness in Extrasensory
25
Are Our Assumptions More Anomalous Than the Phenomena?
50
Will We Ever Know Whether Extrasensory Perception Exists?
61
Towards a Sociological Parapsychology
72
Psychological Perspectives
93
An Integrative Approach
108
Apparitions of Black Dogs
120
Psychological Aspects of the Alien Contact Experience
136
Eyewitness Testimony
154
Anomalous Experiences and Boundary Thinness
177
About the Contributors
207
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About the author (2010)

Matthew D. Smith is an associate professor of psychology at Liverpool Hope University in England. He has conducted research on paranormal experiences for more than 15 years and was the resident psychologist/parapsychologist for the television show Most Haunted.

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TitleAnomalous experiences: essays from parapsychological and psychological perspectives
EditorMatthew D. Smith
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcFarland, 2010
ISBN0786455713, 9780786455713
Length220 pages
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