Storm, L., Tressoldi, P.E., & Di Risio, L. (2010). Meta-analysis of free-response studies, 1992-2008: Assessing the noise reduction model in parapsychology. Psychology Bulletin 136, 471-85. The methods the Rhines used to prevent subjects from gaining hints and clues as to the design on the cards were far from adequate. In many experiments, the cards were displayed face up, but hidden behind a small wooden shield. Several ways of obtaining information about the design on the card remain even in the presence of the shield. For instance, the subject may be able sometimes to see the design on the face-up card reflected in the agent’s glasses. Even if the agent isn’t wearing glasses it is possible to see the reflection in his cornea. [9] Argument Edyth Hull and J. B. Rhine conducting a Zener card experiment, Life Magazine, April. 15, 1940. nice little ESP themed glossy top-flap box to store all the cards in. A small coloured instruction sheet, and a link to two PDFs via Dropbox, 2 sets of 5 ESP cards, these are naked. Then some specially printed cards that you can use for other effects (not explained, but there's hundreds out there in all kinds of booklets, dvds, etc). Extrasensory perception ( ESP) also known as the sixth sense, is a purported paranormal ability about receiving information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. It is claimed to be more sophisticated than intuition and the knowledge obtained is usually received from dreams, astral projection, or psychic abilities.

Marks, David; Kammann, Richard. (2000). The Psychology of the Psychic. Prometheus Books. pp. 97–106. ISBN 1-57392-798-8 But they are also easily wiped down with disinfectant wipes which makes them perfect for anyone who wants to keep their props clean in these uncertain times, which is also a great sales tool for future bookings. Results in the direction of psi-hitting are indicated by a positive z score, whereas a negative z score indicates results in the direction of psi-missing. As a bonus, Dee's pal, Le' Val, also teaches his routine, the Butterfly, a very nice easy routine that lets you involve five people. He also shows his method of doing a reading.This is great as it shows the different approaches taken by two pros. I am sure you will put your own touches on this.Cogan, Robert. (1998). Critical Thinking: Step by Step. University Press of America. p. 227. ISBN 978-0761810674 "When an experiment can't be repeated and get the same result, this tends to show that the result was due to some error in experimental procedure, rather than some real causal process. ESP experiments simply have not turned up any repeatable paranormal phenomena."

Noel Sheehy; Antony J. Chapman; Wendy A. Conroy (2002). Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. Taylor & Francis. pp.409–. ISBN 978-0-415-28561-2. Against this, supporters of the programme point out that the military would hardly have continued to provide funding for a continuous period of twenty years if the officers commissioning remote viewing tasks had not been satisfied with the results. With regard to the review, it was directed by a vocal sceptic of psychic phenomena, effectively determining the outcome in advance; his judgement of the programme was sharply at odds with that of one of his two collaborators who concluded: ‘It is clear to this author that anomalous cognition is possible and has been demonstrated. This conclusion is not based on belief, but rather on commonly accepted scientific criteria.’ 14 Project director Edwin May refuted the report’s claims in detail, noting among other things that the reviewers never even examined most of the technical documentation that the programme had produced. 15 Psychokinesis (PK) Experiments with Dice Mumford, M.D., Rose, A.M. & Goslin, D.A. (1995). An evaluation of remote viewing: Research and applications. Washington, D.C.: American Institutes for Research. The psi-missing effect: card Invoked [ clarification needed]when results deviate in a statistically significant way in the direction not predicted.These five ESP designs have the advantage of being easily recognized, clearly different from each other, and fairly equal in size, emphasis, and response preference. Using just five distinct symbols also simplified the procedures and statistical analysis of card-guessing experiments.

Pratt, J.G., Rhine, J.B., Smith, B.M., Stuart, C.E. & Greenwood, J.A. (1940). Extra-sensory Perception after Sixty Years. New York: Henry Holt and Company. Braud, W.G. (1994). Can our intentions interact directly with the physical world? European Journal of Parapsychology 10, 78-90. May, E.C. & Marwaha, S. B. (2014). Anomalous Cognition: Remote Viewing Research and Theory. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland. You predict the unique serial number on a spectator's borrowed banknote! This effect adds impressive variety to the act and gives you a perfect excuse to naturally use props (envelopes and pens) left on the table from earlier effects. I like serial number reveals, as they seem so impossible. Every bill is different.. and this one extends that premise.

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Richard Wiseman. (1997). Deception and Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics. Prometheus Press. ISBN 978-1-57392-121-3. Roe, C.A. & Sherwood, S.J. (2009) in Perchance to Dream: The Frontiers of Dream Psychology ed. by S. Krippner & D. Joffe-Ellis, D., 211-40. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Jahn, R.G., Dunne, B.J. & Nelson, R.D. (1987). Engineering anomalies research. Journal of Scientific Exploration.1, 25-50.

Mossbridge, J.A, Tressoldi, P., Utts, J., Ives, J.A., Radin, D., & Jonas, W.B. (2014). Predicting the unpredictable: critical analysis and practical implications of predictive anticipatory activity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8, 146. The programme had its roots in Cold War concerns on the part of the US government that the Soviet Union might be developing a programme of psychic spying (which turned out later to be true) 10 and its desire to see what was possible in this regard. Physicists Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ led the initial effort, joined later by physicist Edwin C May, who directed the government programme for its second decade, eventually taking the research to LFR, of which he is director. With the establishment of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 there began a sustained period of investigations, many of them experimental in nature. Edmund Gurney conducted a series of experiments investigating hypnotism and telepathic hypnotism, which he reported in early volumes of the SPR’s Proceedings. This laid the foundation for understanding hypnotism and hypnotic anaesthesia. The studies were published, and successful replications followed. However, other researchers using similar techniques were unable to reproduce the early success. With the occasional exception, PK research with dice (or similar mechanisms such as falling metal balls) more or less disappeared by 1960. Micro-PK Research Park, Robert L. (2002). Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. Oxford University Press. pp.40–41. ISBN 978-0198604433 . Retrieved 21 May 2018.Sladek, John. (1974). The New Apocrypha: A Guide to Strange Sciences and Occult Beliefs. Panther. pp. 172–174. ISBN 0-87281-712-1 The once-common initials TCS (Traction-Control System) or ASR (Antriebsschlupfregelung, ‘drive slip control’, in German) are used for wheelspin-preventing technology and were more common before being integrated into electronic stability control in most models. How does ESP work? Myers, David. (2004). Intuition: Its Powers and Perils. Yale University Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-300-09531-7 "After thousands of experiments, no reproducible ESP phenomenon has ever been discovered, nor has any researcher produced any individual who can convincingly demonstrate psychic ability."