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Parapsychology's contribution to psychology: a view from the front line (1).
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Parapsychology can build bridges to many different scientific disciplines. Demonstrating that it can make valuable contributions to mainstream science will help establish parapsychology's relevance and credibility. Taking psychology as an example, the article gives cases from parapsychology's past and present in which the study of apparent anomalous communication or influence may lead to developments that are of mainstream benefit. First, at a time when experimental psychology was beginning to focus on measuring simple perceptual, cognitive, and motor functions, early psychical researchers ...
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