The ganzfeld novice: four predictors of initial ESP performance. (extrasensory perception) From: The Journal of Parapsychology | Date: June 1, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 Parapsychology Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This report updates earlier studies examining characteristics of successful novice ganzfeld participants. A new study comprising Novice Series 103-105 in the PRL automated ganzfeld study (Honorton, Berger, Varvoglis, Quant, Derr, Schechter, & Ferrari, 1990) is compared with a previous PRL study (Honorton & Schechter, 1987) and an independent study reported by the FRNM research team (Broughton, Kanthamani, & Khilji, in press). ESP ganzfeld performance is examined in relation to four predictors: reported personal psi experiences, Myers-Briggs Feeling/Perception, prior (nonganzfeld) psi testing, ...