Choynowski, Mieczyslaw (1909-)

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Choynowski, Mieczyslaw (1909-)

Director of the Psychometrical Laboratory, Polish Academy of Sciences. Choynowski was born November 1, 1909, in Poland and studied at Warsaw University (M.A., 1937) and Jagellonian University (Ph.D., 1946). After graduation he became the editor of the Polish journal Life of Science and from 1951 to 1960 was director of the Psychological Laboratory, State Hospital for Mental Illness, Krakow-Kobierzyn.

Choynowski was a visiting Ford Foundation fellow to the United States in 1957-58. He has been a member of the Polish Psychological Association, the Association Internationale de Psychologie Appliquée, the American Statistical Association, and the Association Internationale de Cybernétique; a foreign affiliate of the American Psychological Association; and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society. His acceptance of parapsychology is marked with skepticism, especially regarding experimental studies of telepathy and clairvoyance.