Research in Parapsychology, 1990 Abstracts and Papers from the Thirty-Third Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, 1990

The scope of contemporary parapsychological research and thought is reflected in the numerous contributions to the 33rd annual convention of the Parapsychological Association, held August 1990 in Chevy Chase, MD. The current volume contains abbreviated versions of 24 original papers presented at the convention, covering such topics as innovative procedures in parapsychology, statistical issues, meta-analyses of extraversion/ESP studies and dice/PK studies, Ganzfeld research, brain activity and ESP, displacement effects and psi-missing, historical accounts of spiritualism and early psychical research, defensiveness and psi, surveys of opinions on parapsychology and psi-related experiences, and psi in counseling. Also included are abstracts of contributions to a symposium on 'International Communication and Collaboration in Parapsychology' and separate panel discussions on poltergeists and on children and psi. The Presidential Address by K.R. Rao on 'Heretical Parapsychology: On the Scope and Substance of Psychical Research' is reproduced in full, and abstracted versions of two invited addresses 'The Enemies of Parapsychology' by R.A. McConnell and 'Is Psi a Subcognitive Process?' by G.R. Schmeidler) are featured.