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According to occult/esoteric literatures, and some New Age thinkers identify the aura as fields w... more According to occult/esoteric literatures, and some New Age thinkers identify the aura as fields which around all living. However, a psychological examination shows that people who reported spontaneous or aura/ energies might tend to have a higher level of imaginative/fantasy activity or fantasy proneness. Three specific hypotheses are tested: People who report seeing “aura” (experients) have a higher capacity for (1) cognitive anomalous experiences (measured by Bell ́s CAPS), (2) higher transliminality, that is hypersensitivity to psychological material originating in the unconscious and/or the external environment, (3) and thinner boundaries, that is an experient's sensitivity due to permeable ego boundaries related to physiological differences in percep-tual processing, who score differently than control (non--experients). The sample consisted of 212 participants recruited through e-mailing list and interested/students of paranormal and new age topics (Age ranged from 18 to 83...

Revista Argentina De Clinica Psicologica, 2010

Pensamiento Psicológico, 2017

Objective. To compare the experiences of people who have apparitions and a sense of presence with... more Objective. To compare the experiences of people who have apparitions and a sense of presence with a control group (without experience) in the degree of frequency of other anomalous experiences, transliminality and thin boundary. Three specifi c hypotheses are tested here: (a) people who report apparitional experiences and sense of presence score higher anomalous experiences, (b) higher transliminality, (c) and thinner boundaries than control. Method. Four scales were used, the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale, the Revised Transliminality Scale (RTS), the Anomalous/Paranormal Inventory (AEI), and the Boundary Questionnaire. A sample of 203 1 El presente proyecto fue subsidiado por la Fundación BIAL de Portugal, bajo el título “Hallucination Experience and Psi (Stage 2): New Psychological, Psychopathological, Psychophysiological and Transcultural Approach (Grant 8/10)”. 2 Doctor en Psicología. Instituto de Psicología Paranormal. Salta 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Correo de corres...

Australian journal of parapsychology, 2015

Mental imagery is a perception-like experience in the absence of the appropriate sensory input in... more Mental imagery is a perception-like experience in the absence of the appropriate sensory input involving sight, sound, smell, taste, and tactile images. Some scientific research has been conducted to investigate the possible relationships between paranormal experiences and visual imagery. In the present study, paranormal/anomalous experience, and the capacity for visual imagery under open- and closed-eyes conditions, were assessed. It is hypothesized that visual imagery and paranormal/anomalous experiences are correlated. Participants were 348 well-educated believers in psi, interested in paranormal topics. They completed the 'Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire- Revised' (VVIQ-R) and a 10-item self-report inventory designed to collect information on spontaneous paranormal/anomalous experiences. The results showed that visual imagery and paranormal/anomalous experiences correlated significantly, especially for Aura, Remote Healing, and Apparitions, but only in the Open...

Persona, 2018

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo investigar las diferencias entre individuos autodenominad... more El presente estudio tiene como objetivo investigar las diferencias entre individuos autodenominados psíquicos (o videntes) y un grupo de control (no psíquicos) en la variable de frecuencia de experiencias perceptuales inusuales (percepción anómala) y el constructo psicológico de límite. Los participantes fueron divididos en psíquicos y no psíquicos (individuos que indican no tener ninguna habilidad extrasensorial, pero que han tenido experiencias psíquicas). Los psíquicos (N = 87) y un grupo de control (N = 112) recibieron

The main aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of people in Argentina who clai... more The main aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of people in Argentina who claim to have had various kinds of premonition experiences, and to discover correlations between these experiences and other variables, such as content, topics, symbols, clearness, vividness, emotional variables, and sensory modalities, and whether people could discern normal from paranormal explanations for their premonitions. The sample comprised 218 (50.8%) females and 211 (49.2%) males (Mean Age = 34 years; SD = 13 years), most of whom were students. The Premonition Experiences Questionnaire was used to collect information on spontaneous premonition experiences. The first part of the questionnaire covered "Premonition in dreams", and the second part covered "Premonition not related to dreams" (i.e., premonitions in waking states). The majority of premonitory dreamers reported that their premonitions were vivid, clear, and emotionally intense. Premonitory dreams were reported to be clearer than usual dreams. More than half the participants who reported premonitions during waking states, reported feeling anxious, but many expressed feelings of happiness and relief. The information obtained in the survey is of value to parapsychology both as a source of sociological information, and possible hypotheses about the nature of the experiences considered.

We conducted two trials of a free-response ESP test. The aim was to determine if two groups, 'low... more We conducted two trials of a free-response ESP test. The aim was to determine if two groups, 'low'-and 'high'-scorers on a measure of hypnotic susceptibility, would score differently on a psi-hitting task. We used the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility which assesses the hypnotisability of subjects when tested in groups. The sample (N = 101 psi-believing participants; 69 females and 32 males) was split into 'High HS' (n = 20) and 'Low HS' groups (n = 81) based on HS scores. There was a significant difference between the two groups on Hypnotic Susceptibility and psi scores (i.e., number of hits), t(99) = 2.31, p = .012.

ACS Catalysis, 2015

In this report, we establish that DM-Segphos copper(I) complexes are efficient catalysts for the ... more In this report, we establish that DM-Segphos copper(I) complexes are efficient catalysts for the enantioselective borylation of para-quinone methides. This method provides straightforward access to chiral monobenzylic and dibenzylic boronic esters, with enantiomeric ratios up to 96:4, using a commercially available chiral phosphine. Standard manipulations of the C−B bond afford a variety of chiral diaryl derivatives.

The Journal of Parapsychology, Mar 22, 2013

Anomalous detection, or psychic diagnosis, is reported frequently by healers and psychics. They m... more Anomalous detection, or psychic diagnosis, is reported frequently by healers and psychics. They may include several components--such as unusual awakenings, understandings based upon sensory observations, and data analysis--which are suddenly perceived in a novel relationship and order, or data based on information from anomalous cognitive processes--such as telepathy or clairvoyance--which appear to transcend ordinary reasoning (Benor, 1992). Psychics claim that such impressions may sometimes be obtained through scanning the "energy body," and a number of them have gained reputations as psychic detectives using psychometry, such as Ossowiecki (Stevenson, Barrington, & Weaver, 2005) and Croiset (Anderson, 2006; Pollack, 1964). One of the most impressive examples of this approach was the American psychic healer Edgar Cayce (Stearn, 1967), who was able to provide accurate diagnoses given only the name and address of participants, some of whom were many miles away. However, there are few reports on quantitatively evaluated studies with psychics. Vaughan (1974), Shealy (1988), Young and Aung (1997), Mison (1968), and Brier, Savits, and Schmeidler (1974) reported results indicating some correspondences between the psychic diagnoses and medical records of patients, but these correspondences tended to be insufficiently impressive to warrant considering psychic diagnosis as a useful alternate method for diagnosing disease. A common procedure for self-claimed psychics to obtain extrasensory or psi impressions is to use iconic representations (photographs) as inductors (Rogo, 1974). The use of an inductor is by no means a requirement, and many psychics provide impressions about target persons without involving any object, using instead, for instance, just the name and age of the target person. Another procedure, dowsing--the supposed evocation of unconscious responses by use of ideomotor responses magnified by a physical device, such as forked twigs or a pendulum--has long been espoused as a technique for helping individuals to utilize untrained psi abilities (e.g., Eastwood, 1993). Laboratory research on the direct mental influence of living systems (DMILS) and the detection of remote staring suggests that an individual's conscious response may not be a good measure of psi, whereas such an individual may indeed show a physiological reaction to certain psi-mediated stimuli (e.g., Sah & Delanoy, 1994). If this is the case, then a system looking at the physiological responses of individuals undertaking a psi task might be useful in helping to train them to recognize when they were using psi. In effect, it would be a technological version of the old dowsing devices. This ideomotor phenomenon, repeatedly described in the medical literature over 150 years ago by William Carpenter (1852) and later elaborated upon by the noted psychologist William James (1890), is clearly not a recent discovery. A very good overview is presented by Herman Spitz in his book Nonconscious Movements (Spitz, 1997). The interesting question in relation to the pendulum's use in dowsing is whether these unconscious muscular movements may be produced by extrasensory perception, or psi. Normally, dowsers use the pendulum to get answers to questions that they are interested in. Dowsers (and healers as well) will need to decide in advance what each direction of movement means. The pendulum simply acts as an amplifier of subconscious ideomotor movements, so that they can be more easily detected. An important question to consider is whether the motor system of the subject is influenced indirectly, translating certain "mental" impressions to a "motor" form, or directly, if the subject has no intervening "mental" impressions but only "motor" ones. Or, stated in a more general way, the question is whether a percipient is better able to locate the target paranormally when asked to imagine it (the "mental" way of receiving) or when asked merely to designate it directly with a simple motor response (the "motor" way of receiving). …

ACTA PSIQUIATRICA Y PSICOLOGICA DE AMERICA …, 2007

... Alejandro Parra ambos estudios tiene que ver tanto con e rango etário de los sujetos alucinad... more ... Alejandro Parra ambos estudios tiene que ver tanto con e rango etário de los sujetos alucinadores, más frecuente en la tercera edad ... frenia, casi diez han tenido alucinaciones sin recibir diagnóstico [1]. De manera similar al estudio anterior, Leudar, Thomas, McNally y Glinsky ...

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2006

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Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2009

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Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2006

Hay interrelaciones estadísticamente confiables entre la susceptibilidad a la hipnosis, la disoci... more Hay interrelaciones estadísticamente confiables entre la susceptibilidad a la hipnosis, la disociación psicológica y las experiencias paranormales. Hipotetizamos que a mayor susceptibilidad hipnótica, mayor reporte de experiencias paranormales, y en igual sentido, a mayores ...

Australian Journal of …, 2006

Abstract: Ganzfeld stimulation is associated with an increase in attention to internal imagery. I... more Abstract: Ganzfeld stimulation is associated with an increase in attention to internal imagery. Investigators have suggested the association with a view to developing an "experimental hypnagogic" technique in order to facilitate the study of hypnagogic imagery. The present ...

Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicológica de América Latina, 53 (4), 244-256., 2007

(2007). La experiencia alucinatoria: El continuo de experiencias en individuos normales y psicóti... more (2007). La experiencia alucinatoria: El continuo de experiencias en individuos normales y psicóticos. Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicológica de América Latina, 53 (4), 244-256.

Acta Psiquiatrica, 2021

Variables cognitivas y perceptuales en la experiencia de oír voces y su relación con las creencia... more Variables cognitivas y perceptuales en la experiencia de oír voces y su relación con las creencias paranormales/espirituales

Premonition is a feeling that something is about to happen when no normal information is availabl... more Premonition is a feeling that something is about to happen when no normal information is available, and in which the target cannot be deduced from normally known data in the present. The main aim was to estimate the proportion of people who claim to have had various kinds of premonition experiences, and to explore any association between these experiences and personality variables such as neuroticism, extroversion, empathy and schizotypy. Respondents completed a questionnaire on premonitions, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Oxford–Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences. Personality measures data were compared on dream-related premonition experiences for experients (N = 80) vs. non-experients (N = 271), and on non-dream-related premonition experiences for experients (N = 184) vs. non-experients (N = 167). Participants who reported premonitions had higher scores on empathy and schizotypy, but were not significantly higher on neur...

Scarce studies explored traits of personality to explain paranormal experiences, so it’s not surp... more Scarce studies explored traits of personality to explain paranormal experiences, so it’s not surprising that connection has also been made between simple such experiences and a person’s temperament. The aim is to compare four groups of temperaments in terms of a frequency of paranormal experiences. From the usable questionnaires (1860, 21%), 403 undergraduate students (Psychology Department) were used for the categorization procedure, based on mean score to split the sample, combinated to produce four groups, Phlegmatic (n= 30), Sanguine (n= 54), Melancholic (n= 159) and Choleric (n= 160), using the standarized Spanish version of the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Form A). The sample filled a second 10-item self-report inventory designed to collect spontaneous paranormal/anomalous experiences. Cholerics profile scored higher on frequency of Out-of-Body Experiences, ESP dreams, Aura, Déjà-vu, and a count of experiences, Sanguine scored higher on Telepathy, and Melancholic scored high...

Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 2011

A number of papers have investigated the idea of rational versus intuitive thinking and how this ... more A number of papers have investigated the idea of rational versus intuitive thinking and how this might relate to paranormal beliefs. Those who possess both intuitive and rational thinking styles are more likely to report paranormal experiences and subjective ...

According to occult/esoteric literatures, and some New Age thinkers identify the aura as fields w... more According to occult/esoteric literatures, and some New Age thinkers identify the aura as fields which around all living. However, a psychological examination shows that people who reported spontaneous or aura/ energies might tend to have a higher level of imaginative/fantasy activity or fantasy proneness. Three specific hypotheses are tested: People who report seeing “aura” (experients) have a higher capacity for (1) cognitive anomalous experiences (measured by Bell ́s CAPS), (2) higher transliminality, that is hypersensitivity to psychological material originating in the unconscious and/or the external environment, (3) and thinner boundaries, that is an experient's sensitivity due to permeable ego boundaries related to physiological differences in percep-tual processing, who score differently than control (non--experients). The sample consisted of 212 participants recruited through e-mailing list and interested/students of paranormal and new age topics (Age ranged from 18 to 83...

Revista Argentina De Clinica Psicologica, 2010

Pensamiento Psicológico, 2017

Objective. To compare the experiences of people who have apparitions and a sense of presence with... more Objective. To compare the experiences of people who have apparitions and a sense of presence with a control group (without experience) in the degree of frequency of other anomalous experiences, transliminality and thin boundary. Three specifi c hypotheses are tested here: (a) people who report apparitional experiences and sense of presence score higher anomalous experiences, (b) higher transliminality, (c) and thinner boundaries than control. Method. Four scales were used, the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale, the Revised Transliminality Scale (RTS), the Anomalous/Paranormal Inventory (AEI), and the Boundary Questionnaire. A sample of 203 1 El presente proyecto fue subsidiado por la Fundación BIAL de Portugal, bajo el título “Hallucination Experience and Psi (Stage 2): New Psychological, Psychopathological, Psychophysiological and Transcultural Approach (Grant 8/10)”. 2 Doctor en Psicología. Instituto de Psicología Paranormal. Salta 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Correo de corres...

Australian journal of parapsychology, 2015

Mental imagery is a perception-like experience in the absence of the appropriate sensory input in... more Mental imagery is a perception-like experience in the absence of the appropriate sensory input involving sight, sound, smell, taste, and tactile images. Some scientific research has been conducted to investigate the possible relationships between paranormal experiences and visual imagery. In the present study, paranormal/anomalous experience, and the capacity for visual imagery under open- and closed-eyes conditions, were assessed. It is hypothesized that visual imagery and paranormal/anomalous experiences are correlated. Participants were 348 well-educated believers in psi, interested in paranormal topics. They completed the 'Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire- Revised' (VVIQ-R) and a 10-item self-report inventory designed to collect information on spontaneous paranormal/anomalous experiences. The results showed that visual imagery and paranormal/anomalous experiences correlated significantly, especially for Aura, Remote Healing, and Apparitions, but only in the Open...

Persona, 2018

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo investigar las diferencias entre individuos autodenominad... more El presente estudio tiene como objetivo investigar las diferencias entre individuos autodenominados psíquicos (o videntes) y un grupo de control (no psíquicos) en la variable de frecuencia de experiencias perceptuales inusuales (percepción anómala) y el constructo psicológico de límite. Los participantes fueron divididos en psíquicos y no psíquicos (individuos que indican no tener ninguna habilidad extrasensorial, pero que han tenido experiencias psíquicas). Los psíquicos (N = 87) y un grupo de control (N = 112) recibieron

The main aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of people in Argentina who clai... more The main aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of people in Argentina who claim to have had various kinds of premonition experiences, and to discover correlations between these experiences and other variables, such as content, topics, symbols, clearness, vividness, emotional variables, and sensory modalities, and whether people could discern normal from paranormal explanations for their premonitions. The sample comprised 218 (50.8%) females and 211 (49.2%) males (Mean Age = 34 years; SD = 13 years), most of whom were students. The Premonition Experiences Questionnaire was used to collect information on spontaneous premonition experiences. The first part of the questionnaire covered "Premonition in dreams", and the second part covered "Premonition not related to dreams" (i.e., premonitions in waking states). The majority of premonitory dreamers reported that their premonitions were vivid, clear, and emotionally intense. Premonitory dreams were reported to be clearer than usual dreams. More than half the participants who reported premonitions during waking states, reported feeling anxious, but many expressed feelings of happiness and relief. The information obtained in the survey is of value to parapsychology both as a source of sociological information, and possible hypotheses about the nature of the experiences considered.

We conducted two trials of a free-response ESP test. The aim was to determine if two groups, 'low... more We conducted two trials of a free-response ESP test. The aim was to determine if two groups, 'low'-and 'high'-scorers on a measure of hypnotic susceptibility, would score differently on a psi-hitting task. We used the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility which assesses the hypnotisability of subjects when tested in groups. The sample (N = 101 psi-believing participants; 69 females and 32 males) was split into 'High HS' (n = 20) and 'Low HS' groups (n = 81) based on HS scores. There was a significant difference between the two groups on Hypnotic Susceptibility and psi scores (i.e., number of hits), t(99) = 2.31, p = .012.

ACS Catalysis, 2015

In this report, we establish that DM-Segphos copper(I) complexes are efficient catalysts for the ... more In this report, we establish that DM-Segphos copper(I) complexes are efficient catalysts for the enantioselective borylation of para-quinone methides. This method provides straightforward access to chiral monobenzylic and dibenzylic boronic esters, with enantiomeric ratios up to 96:4, using a commercially available chiral phosphine. Standard manipulations of the C−B bond afford a variety of chiral diaryl derivatives.

The Journal of Parapsychology, Mar 22, 2013

Anomalous detection, or psychic diagnosis, is reported frequently by healers and psychics. They m... more Anomalous detection, or psychic diagnosis, is reported frequently by healers and psychics. They may include several components--such as unusual awakenings, understandings based upon sensory observations, and data analysis--which are suddenly perceived in a novel relationship and order, or data based on information from anomalous cognitive processes--such as telepathy or clairvoyance--which appear to transcend ordinary reasoning (Benor, 1992). Psychics claim that such impressions may sometimes be obtained through scanning the "energy body," and a number of them have gained reputations as psychic detectives using psychometry, such as Ossowiecki (Stevenson, Barrington, & Weaver, 2005) and Croiset (Anderson, 2006; Pollack, 1964). One of the most impressive examples of this approach was the American psychic healer Edgar Cayce (Stearn, 1967), who was able to provide accurate diagnoses given only the name and address of participants, some of whom were many miles away. However, there are few reports on quantitatively evaluated studies with psychics. Vaughan (1974), Shealy (1988), Young and Aung (1997), Mison (1968), and Brier, Savits, and Schmeidler (1974) reported results indicating some correspondences between the psychic diagnoses and medical records of patients, but these correspondences tended to be insufficiently impressive to warrant considering psychic diagnosis as a useful alternate method for diagnosing disease. A common procedure for self-claimed psychics to obtain extrasensory or psi impressions is to use iconic representations (photographs) as inductors (Rogo, 1974). The use of an inductor is by no means a requirement, and many psychics provide impressions about target persons without involving any object, using instead, for instance, just the name and age of the target person. Another procedure, dowsing--the supposed evocation of unconscious responses by use of ideomotor responses magnified by a physical device, such as forked twigs or a pendulum--has long been espoused as a technique for helping individuals to utilize untrained psi abilities (e.g., Eastwood, 1993). Laboratory research on the direct mental influence of living systems (DMILS) and the detection of remote staring suggests that an individual's conscious response may not be a good measure of psi, whereas such an individual may indeed show a physiological reaction to certain psi-mediated stimuli (e.g., Sah & Delanoy, 1994). If this is the case, then a system looking at the physiological responses of individuals undertaking a psi task might be useful in helping to train them to recognize when they were using psi. In effect, it would be a technological version of the old dowsing devices. This ideomotor phenomenon, repeatedly described in the medical literature over 150 years ago by William Carpenter (1852) and later elaborated upon by the noted psychologist William James (1890), is clearly not a recent discovery. A very good overview is presented by Herman Spitz in his book Nonconscious Movements (Spitz, 1997). The interesting question in relation to the pendulum's use in dowsing is whether these unconscious muscular movements may be produced by extrasensory perception, or psi. Normally, dowsers use the pendulum to get answers to questions that they are interested in. Dowsers (and healers as well) will need to decide in advance what each direction of movement means. The pendulum simply acts as an amplifier of subconscious ideomotor movements, so that they can be more easily detected. An important question to consider is whether the motor system of the subject is influenced indirectly, translating certain "mental" impressions to a "motor" form, or directly, if the subject has no intervening "mental" impressions but only "motor" ones. Or, stated in a more general way, the question is whether a percipient is better able to locate the target paranormally when asked to imagine it (the "mental" way of receiving) or when asked merely to designate it directly with a simple motor response (the "motor" way of receiving). …

ACTA PSIQUIATRICA Y PSICOLOGICA DE AMERICA …, 2007

... Alejandro Parra ambos estudios tiene que ver tanto con e rango etário de los sujetos alucinad... more ... Alejandro Parra ambos estudios tiene que ver tanto con e rango etário de los sujetos alucinadores, más frecuente en la tercera edad ... frenia, casi diez han tenido alucinaciones sin recibir diagnóstico [1]. De manera similar al estudio anterior, Leudar, Thomas, McNally y Glinsky ...

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2006

SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online Browse SciELO, SciELO Library Error Detector An une... more SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online Browse SciELO, SciELO Library Error Detector An unexpected error occurred in SciELO servers. Click on the SciELO logo to browse the SciELO Library or use the browser "BACK" button to return to the previous page. ...

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2009

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Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 2006

Hay interrelaciones estadísticamente confiables entre la susceptibilidad a la hipnosis, la disoci... more Hay interrelaciones estadísticamente confiables entre la susceptibilidad a la hipnosis, la disociación psicológica y las experiencias paranormales. Hipotetizamos que a mayor susceptibilidad hipnótica, mayor reporte de experiencias paranormales, y en igual sentido, a mayores ...

Australian Journal of …, 2006

Abstract: Ganzfeld stimulation is associated with an increase in attention to internal imagery. I... more Abstract: Ganzfeld stimulation is associated with an increase in attention to internal imagery. Investigators have suggested the association with a view to developing an "experimental hypnagogic" technique in order to facilitate the study of hypnagogic imagery. The present ...

Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicológica de América Latina, 53 (4), 244-256., 2007

(2007). La experiencia alucinatoria: El continuo de experiencias en individuos normales y psicóti... more (2007). La experiencia alucinatoria: El continuo de experiencias en individuos normales y psicóticos. Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicológica de América Latina, 53 (4), 244-256.

Acta Psiquiatrica, 2021

Variables cognitivas y perceptuales en la experiencia de oír voces y su relación con las creencia... more Variables cognitivas y perceptuales en la experiencia de oír voces y su relación con las creencias paranormales/espirituales

Premonition is a feeling that something is about to happen when no normal information is availabl... more Premonition is a feeling that something is about to happen when no normal information is available, and in which the target cannot be deduced from normally known data in the present. The main aim was to estimate the proportion of people who claim to have had various kinds of premonition experiences, and to explore any association between these experiences and personality variables such as neuroticism, extroversion, empathy and schizotypy. Respondents completed a questionnaire on premonitions, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Oxford–Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences. Personality measures data were compared on dream-related premonition experiences for experients (N = 80) vs. non-experients (N = 271), and on non-dream-related premonition experiences for experients (N = 184) vs. non-experients (N = 167). Participants who reported premonitions had higher scores on empathy and schizotypy, but were not significantly higher on neur...

Scarce studies explored traits of personality to explain paranormal experiences, so it’s not surp... more Scarce studies explored traits of personality to explain paranormal experiences, so it’s not surprising that connection has also been made between simple such experiences and a person’s temperament. The aim is to compare four groups of temperaments in terms of a frequency of paranormal experiences. From the usable questionnaires (1860, 21%), 403 undergraduate students (Psychology Department) were used for the categorization procedure, based on mean score to split the sample, combinated to produce four groups, Phlegmatic (n= 30), Sanguine (n= 54), Melancholic (n= 159) and Choleric (n= 160), using the standarized Spanish version of the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Form A). The sample filled a second 10-item self-report inventory designed to collect spontaneous paranormal/anomalous experiences. Cholerics profile scored higher on frequency of Out-of-Body Experiences, ESP dreams, Aura, Déjà-vu, and a count of experiences, Sanguine scored higher on Telepathy, and Melancholic scored high...

Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 2011

A number of papers have investigated the idea of rational versus intuitive thinking and how this ... more A number of papers have investigated the idea of rational versus intuitive thinking and how this might relate to paranormal beliefs. Those who possess both intuitive and rational thinking styles are more likely to report paranormal experiences and subjective ...