Research Wishlist

"Skeptical perspective on the Telepathy Tapes phenomenon. Specifically listed in plan Step 7."

"Independent Italian replication of Sheldrake telephone telepathy protocol at Padova University; included as a constituent study in the 2025 telecommunication telepathy meta-analysis; shows sheep-goat effect (intuitive 56.7% vs analytical 35.4%)."

"Independent review of ~30 double-slit consciousness experiments across five labs, concluding evidence supports a CCI-like effect. Directly cited in radin_2025_observer (ref 30). Would fill a gap as the only independent systematic review of this research program."

"Reports surge of gamma oscillations in two dying human patients, extending Borjigin et al. 2013 rat findings to humans. Directly relevant to AWARE II EEG findings and the debate about whether cortical activity during cardiac arrest reflects consciousness. Central to Controversy #7."

"Key empirical reference for improved message-passing test protocols that presume competence among nonspeakers. Cited by Mossbridge et al. (2025) as evidence that most nonspeakers with autism and severe apraxia can pass authorship verification tests. Directly relevant to Controversy #9 (facilitated communication)."

"Most direct precursor to yu_2024_effects: same paradigm (intentionally treated water + cell biology) by same research group. Demonstrated treated water enhanced proliferation and gene expression of human mesenchymal stem cells. Key link in the Shiah/Radin treated-water series."

"Found that Bem's (2011) precognition meta-analysis had median retrospective power of 7.7%, and that false-positive rates as high as 50% are consistent with available data. Directly relevant to evaluating psi meta-analyses. Cited by Kennedy (2024) and connects to Ioannidis (2005) already in catalog."

"Quantitative companion to Drinkwater 2022 qualitative study already in library. Examines cognitive-perceptual factors in self-professed paranormal ability using N=917, providing the large-sample quantitative context for the same research program's qualitative findings."

"High-profile skeptical argument in a top-tier psychology journal that psi is impossible in principle. Cited by Sheldrake & Stedall (2024) and relevant to Controversy #10 (meta-debate). Represents the strongest a priori rejection position in the psi debate."

"Major theoretical review by the same Coma Science Group positioning NDEs as a window into disconnected consciousness. Cited by the NDE-C scale paper (martial_2020_nde_c_scale). Published in a high-impact journal (TiCS), making it a key reference for the NDE consciousness survival controversy (#7)."

"Listed in _CONTROVERSIES/04_double_slit_pk.md as catalog ID 'radin_2019_double_slit' but not in catalog — a phantom reference. Must be tracked down to fix the broken controversy entry. Likely a 2015 or 2019 Physics Essays paper in Radin's double-slit series."

"The library holds Schwarzkopf (2014) as a key skeptical voice on presentiment methodology. This 2018 piece is his focused critique of the Mossbridge & Radin precognition review in the same special issue as woody_2018_perspectives, houran_2018_crossexamining, schooler_2018_entertaining, and mossbridge_2018_precognition -- all of which are already in the library. Adding it would complete the special-issue debate set and give the library Schwarzkopf's two major critiques of the presentiment/precognition literature."

"The pro-psi rebuttal to Schwarzkopf (2018) and Houran et al. (2018) in the same special issue. The library holds the Mossbridge & Radin review (mossbridge_2018_precognition) and both critiques (houran_2018_crossexamining), but not this response, leaving the debate set incomplete. This is directly cited by woody_2018_perspectives as one of the five articles in the special issue."

"Key skeptical systematic review concluding no evidence for authorship in facilitated communication. Directly challenged by Jaswal et al. 2020's eye-tracking findings. Essential Con-side paper for Controversy #9."

"Most comprehensive overview of 15 years of GCP formal results; directly extended by radin_2023_anomalous. Would fill gap as the definitive summary of the GCP event-based experiment before Radin's full-database reanalysis. Relevant to Controversy #8."

"Most rigorous modern controlled experimental test of psychometry claims. Uses both psychic and non-psychic participants with actual vs. false readings. Directly cited by simmonds_moore_2024_psychometry; fills the gap of having no experimental psychometry studies in the library."

"Direct precursor to Drinkwater 2022 already in library. First qualitative study of subjective paranormal experiences from the Drinkwater-Dagnall program; the 2022 paper explicitly builds on and extends this work's thematic framework."

"Book by CIA remote viewing project lead scientist. Cited by utts_2016_appreciating. Essential primary source on government psi program."

"Theoretical paper proposing that four specific NDE features (disembodiment, positive emotions, bright light, spiritual beings) reduce fear of death. Its predictions are empirically tested and partially refuted by greyson_2022_nde_fear_death, which finds disembodiment does NOT predict fear reduction. Needed to complete the theory-test pairing."

"Editorial that Kennedy (2017) directly responds to — argues that fraud prevention measures create a 'paranoid work environment' and that discussing fraud about specific studies is unethical without strong evidence. Without this paper, the Kennedy 2017 rebuttal in the library lacks its target."

"Foundational theoretical paper arguing all psi phenomena reduce to precognition. Central to understanding the DAT (Decision Augmentation Theory) framework. Cited in Mossbridge & Radin (2018) review and relevant to the library's precognition controversy and theoretical foundations."

"CORRECT ENTRY: The PDF in catalog was mislabeled - contained Wang et al. 'Perception of visual apparent motion' (Frontiers 2015, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00564). The actual book is 'Biofield Science and Healing' edited by Radin & Jonas, published by Elsevier/ISVN in 2015. Essential for healing/intention folder."

"Directly addresses scientific suppression of psi research — cited by wahbeh_2018_exceptional, schooler_2018_entertaining, and other library papers. Documents specific instances of institutional resistance to anomalous cognition research. Fills a gap in the methodology/theory folder on sociological barriers to psi investigation."

"The largest post-Maimonides dream ESP study (200 trials, 32% hit rate, p = .015), pre-registered, file-drawer free, from a skeptical experimenter at the KPU. Central to the Baptista et al. (2014) chapter. Would strengthen the dream ESP evidence base in the library."

"APA-published foundational handbook on anomalous experiences. Cited extensively by Rabeyron (2022) for definitions and phenomenological classification. Essential reference work for the field. Already have cardena_2014_handbook which appears to be different paper."

"Cited by storm_2017_correspondence as updated narrative review (28 post-Maimonides datasets). Direct precursor to 2017 meta-analysis. Important for understanding evolution of dream ESP evidence base."

"Internet-based double-slit experiment (2013). Direct successor to radin_2012_consciousness and predecessor to radin_2016_double_slit. Previously acquired PDF was wrong (contained the 2012 paper instead). Need to re-acquire the correct PDF."

"Foundational guide for clinicians working with anomalous experiences. Cited by Rabeyron (2022) as key reference for clinical parapsychology approach. Result of 2007 international experts meeting on anomalous experiences. Fills gap in clinical methodology literature."

"Direct precursor to Jaswal et al. 2020; first case study using eye-tracking to show a nonspeaking autistic individual looked at letters before typing them, providing initial evidence against cueing. Essential historical anchor for Controversy #9 (facilitated communication)."

"Direct reply to Mobbs & Watt (2011) already in library; cited by Borjigin 2013; completes the debate pair for Controversy #7"

"Foundational book on System 1/System 2 thinking cited extensively by utts_2016_appreciating. Essential for understanding cognitive barriers to statistical/psi acceptance."

"Key Bayesian reanalysis of Bem's 2011 Feeling the Future data; directly cited by kekecs_2023_transparent_psi and multiple library papers in Controversy #2; provides the Bayesian framework that influenced the TPP design"

"Identifies specific methodological deficiencies in Bem's 2011 paradigm that the Transparent Psi Project was explicitly designed to address; cited as ref [60] in kekecs_2023_transparent_psi as the key reference for 'deficiencies in modal research practice'"

"Direct precursor to Tressoldi 2011 pupil dilation study — used heart rate to predict alerting vs. neutral sounds with 56% accuracy. First in the Tressoldi prediction-accuracy research line that the 2011 study extends."

"Key philosophical analysis arguing that arguments against super-psi are a 'double-edged sword' that equally undercut the survival hypothesis. Directly engaged by Kelly 2010 and central to the survival vs. super-psi controversy (#7)."

"Systematic review of 93 published veridical OBE reports finding 92% completely accurate. Most comprehensive data source for veridical NDE perception claims, cited extensively in NDE literature. Foundational to controversy #7."

"Key null-result telephone telepathy study (26.7% vs 25% chance, non-significant). Only videotaped lab-based replication attempt. Essential skeptical counterpoint to Sheldrake's positive findings and cited by Wahbeh et al. 2024."

"Direct precursor to nahm_2012_terminal_lucidity; first paper to coin 'terminal lucidity' as a research term; foundational to the entire research program on this phenomenon"

"Published in Science; established DMT as endogenous sigma-1 receptor ligand (KD = 14.75 µM). Key pro-DMT evidence that Nichols 2017 critiques as insufficient for endogenous activation. Central to the DMT-consciousness debate."

"Major pro-consciousness book endorsed by Facco (2012) and Greyson as an 'outstanding' contribution to a broader science of consciousness. Synthesizes evidence from NDE, mediumship, psi, and other anomalous phenomena into a comprehensive theoretical framework arguing against eliminative materialism. Edward Kelly is at UVA DOPS."

"Definitive work on decoherence theory cited extensively by Kennedy; essential for understanding quantum-to-classical transition arguments"

"Foundational theoretical paper cited in editorial's introduction. Proposes integrative model linking paranormal beliefs to cognitive biases and analytic thinking styles. Frequently cited framework in paranormal belief research."

"Major skeptical critique of veridical perception claims in NDEs, directly cited by Greyson (2011). Would fill a gap as a critical counterpoint to the pro-NDE evidence in controversy #7. Currently the library lacks Augustine's arguments despite him being one of the most cited NDE skeptics."

"The direct target of radin_2006_assessing (a point-by-point reply). Without this critique, the defense paper lacks its counterpart. Fills the skeptical side of the RNG/PK meta-analytic debate (Controversy #8)."

"One of only 4 prospective NDE studies in cardiac arrest survivors worldwide. Reviewed extensively in van_lommel_2013_nonlocal_consciousness alongside the Dutch, Greyson, and Parnia studies. Found 23% NDE incidence (N=39). Fills a gap: the other 3 prospective studies are either in the catalog (Greyson 2003) or wishlist (Parnia 2001), but this one is missing."

"The original 14-study meta-analysis of distant intercessory prayer that masters_2007_prayer updates. Direct precursor to the library's primary null-result meta-analysis for prayer. Would complete the extended-by chain and strengthen Controversy #5."

"The single most-cited paper on false-positive rates in published science; foundational to the meta-debate controversy (#10); cited by Nosek et al. 2013, Simmons et al. 2011, Fanelli 2009, and multiple library methodology papers. Provides the theoretical framework for understanding why psi findings may not replicate."

"Independent replication of the Sheldrake staring paradigm by Radin at IONS, showing the same asymmetric pattern (above-chance in looking trials, chance in not-looking trials). Cited in Sheldrake 2005 Part 1 as corroborating the characteristic pattern with automatic recording, ruling out hand-scoring artifacts. Note: distinct from radin_2005_sense (the meta-analysis); this is the single-experiment replication."

"Cited directly in Parker compendium as the key summary of dream-ESP replication; reports Maimonides effect at d=0.33 and post-Maimonides at d=0.14. Library has no dedicated dream-ESP review paper despite having a folder for altered states."

"Cited by storm_2017_correspondence as foundational narrative review of post-Maimonides dream ESP studies (21 datasets). Essential precursor to the 2017 meta-analysis. Would fill gap in understanding historical development of dream ESP research."

"Published in the same JCS special issue as Alcock 2003. Reports null results from double-slit consciousness experiments at York University — directly relevant to Radin's double-slit program. Alcock cites Jeffers' null results as evidence against psi."

"Key prospective NDE study reporting that 10% of cardiac arrest survivors have NDEs. Foundational reference for NDE incidence rates, cited by martial_2020_nde_c_scale and multiple other NDE papers. Fills gap in prospective NDE studies alongside van Lommel 2001 and Parnia AWARE studies."

"Original formulation of Weak/Generalized Quantum Theory. Foundational for walach_2014_entanglement theoretical framework. Essential for understanding GQT formalism applied to psi."

"Pioneering study on mediumship accuracy under controlled conditions. Early replication of anomalous information retrieval by mediums. Cited by delorme_2013_electrocortical; a foundational precursor to the IONS/Windbridge mediumship program."

"Key example of software artifact producing false positive psi results — directly cited by Kennedy (2016) as evidence for why software validation is essential. Foundational case study for the software validation argument in methodology debates."

"Key skeptical counterargument to veridical OBE claims: shows electrical stimulation of the angular gyrus can produce OBE-like body illusions. Directly critiqued by van Lommel (2013) and central to Controversy #7 on whether NDEs involve genuine perception outside the body."

"Key review article synthesizing the British prospective NDE study findings and arguing that NDE data challenge the assumption that consciousness is localized exclusively in the brain. Cited by van Lommel (2006) and forms part of the core trio of prospective NDE studies (Dutch, American, British) in controversy #7."

"Chen et al. 2012 explicitly mentions Facilitated Communication (FC) as the negative comparison case that RPM is designed to avoid. Mostert 2001 is the standard FC debunking review; having it in the library would anchor the skeptical side of the autism/nonverbal controversy (#9)."

"One of the four foundational prospective NDE studies (alongside van Lommel 2001, Greyson 2003, Sartori 2006). Cited by van Lommel 2013, Greyson 2014, and multiple other library papers. The British arm of the prospective NDE research that established 11% NDE incidence in cardiac arrest survivors. Precursor to the larger AWARE study (parnia_2014_aware)."

"Critical/independent assessment of the GCP Sept 11 data; confirmed statistics but questioned timing — would provide balance to Nelson 2002."

"High-profile failure to replicate Byrd 1988 intercessory prayer effects. Fills a critical skeptical gap in Controversy #5 — the library has mostly positive healing studies but needs key null results. Constituent study in Roe et al. 2015 meta-analysis."

"Foundational book arguing that paranormal phenomena follow the trickster archetype. Extensively cited by Kennedy 2003 as the most developed treatment of psi's evasive nature. Also relevant to the meta-debate (Controversy #10) and decline effects literature. Cited by multiple library papers discussing the elusiveness of psi."

"Landmark three-tier prayer design study (N=219, 50% vs 26% pregnancy rate, P=.0013) cited by Schwartz 2010 as evidence against Decision Augmentation Theory. Important for healing/prayer controversy and methodology debate. Directly relevant to understanding whether therapeutic intention operates via researcher selection or genuine healing effect."

"Foundational prospective NDE study cited by Borjigin 2013 and many other library papers; the largest prospective study of NDEs in cardiac arrest survivors; essential for Controversy #7"

"Landmark prospective NDE study in The Lancet (N=344 cardiac arrest survivors, 18% reported NDE). One of the most cited NDE papers. Cited by Cassol 2019, Parnia 2014, and many other library papers. Essential for Controversy #7."

"Landmark prospective study of NDEs in 344 cardiac arrest survivors; foundational for the NDE evidence base and Controversy #7. Complements Ring & Cooper 1997's qualitative findings with controlled prospective methodology."

"Primary pro-mediumship study that O'Keeffe & Wiseman 2005 was designed to address. Reported significant accuracy in mediumistic readings; central to the mediumship controversy (#6). Without this paper, the library lacks the key positive finding against which the O'Keeffe null result is compared."

"Key skeptic-initiated staring experiment at Middlesex University, using one-way mirrors. Found statistically significant positive results, then attempted to explain them away as randomization artifacts (the Marks-Colwell counterbalancing hypothesis). Sheldrake 2005 Part 1 discusses this at length as a case study in how unexpected positive results are handled by skeptic investigators. Essential counterpart to sheldrake_2005_stared_part1."

"Cited in introduction as representing skeptical explanation for telephone telepathy experiences (selective memory + chance coincidence). Important skeptical source that Sheldrake explicitly tests against. Second edition published by Prometheus Books."

"Companion paper to Kelly 2001 where Kelly, Greyson, and Stevenson identify three NDE features (OBE, enhanced cognition, paranormal cognition) as evidence for survival. Directly cited by kelly_2001_nde_meeting_deceased as establishing the convergence-of-features framework. Part of the UVA NDE research program."

"The most prominent critique of quantum consciousness proposals. Tegmark calculated decoherence times of 10^-13 s for microtubules, arguing quantum effects are far too brief to be biologically relevant. Directly critiques the Orch OR theory (hameroff_penrose_2014_orch_or) and is cited extensively in the quantum consciousness debate."

"Direct precursor to Weak Quantum Theory (WQT) by two of its three authors. Introduces the complementarity framework for consciousness that WQT formalizes axiomatically. Cited by atmanspacher_2002_weak_quantum and likely by walach_2014_entanglement and walach_2020_inner_experience."

"Foundational study of NDEs in congenitally blind persons who report visual experiences during NDEs despite never having experienced vision. Provides one of the strongest challenges to the REM-intrusion model (Long & Holden 2007 cite this as evidence that REM cannot explain NDEs in blind people without rapid eye movements). Cited by long_2007_arousal_nde_response."

"Sheldrake's influential book on animal telepathy. Cited by Sheldrake & Smart (2003) as background for distance effects in telepathy. Important for understanding the broader research program connecting animal and human telepathy."

"Initial publication of MegaREG results showing reversed intentional effect in high-density trials. Cited by dobyns_2004_megareg as the first report of the unexpected findings. Foundational for understanding the full experimental program."

"Direct precursor to Greyson (2010) by the same research group, systematically evaluating which NDE features bear on the survival question. Greyson's Peak in Darien review builds directly on this framework. Central to controversy #7."

"Radin s landmark popular science book presenting cumulative meta-analytic case for psi. Also pioneered the presentiment paradigm cited in Bem (2011, 2015). Foundational reference for the field."

"Cited by Sheldrake 2002 for finding exceptionally high hit rates in parent-child and sibling pairs. Direct evidence for emotional closeness facilitating telepathy in controlled experiments."

"Direct companion study to brown_sheldrake_1998_perceptive_pets — the Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester survey whose results are cross-culturally compared in the California paper. Essential for Controversy #12 (animal telepathy)."

"Key Winer/Cottrell survey study reporting that 92% of adults report feeling unseen stares, that this increases with age, and that it correlates significantly with belief in visual extramission. Central epidemiological data points in Sheldrake's stared_part2 argument that SOBA reflects a real, persistent phenomenon rather than naive error. Published in mainstream developmental psychology."

"Seminal philosophy book introducing the 'hard problem of consciousness' - explains why physicalist theories cannot account for qualia/subjective experience. Cited in Wahbeh & Radin 2022 as foundational to the consciousness debate. Essential theoretical reference."

"Companion paper to Nelson et al. (1996) in same JSE issue. Independent replication of group consciousness REG effects. Cited in Nelson Discussion as beginning of replication efforts. Important for GCP methodological development."

"Key skeptical analysis of possible sensory leakage in the Psychophysical Research Laboratories autoganzfeld experiments. Foundational critique for the ganzfeld debate (controversy #1). Cited by Cardeña 2014 and likely referenced by multiple other library papers."

"First-hand account of the CIA-initiated RV program at SRI by its co-founder. Foundational document for understanding the Stargate program. Cited by Escola-Gascon 2023 and multiple other library papers on remote viewing. The library has Utts 1996 and Hyman 1996 evaluations but not Puthoff's companion memoir."

"Foundational journal article establishing the sensory-movement differences framework for autism. Directly cited by both robledo_2012_sensory_movement and donnellan_2013_rethinking as a theoretical foundation. The core argument — that movement disturbance can profoundly affect communication and social behavior, and that behaviors may not be what they seem — underpins the library's entire autism/nonverbal section."

"Companion paper to May et al. (1995) DAT theory paper already in the library. Contains the retrospective empirical tests of DAT predictions against actual RNG data. Essential for evaluating whether DAT's predictions hold up against real experimental data."

"Cited by Jahn et al. (1997) as incompatible with their findings. Jahn 1997 shows deterministic pseudorandom sources yield null results while true random sources show effects - DAT predicts source type should be irrelevant. Critical theoretical paper that Jahn 1997 empirically constrains."

"The original AFFE experiment that all 11 studies in Schmidt 2012's meta-analysis replicated. Foundational to the entire attention-focusing facilitation paradigm and the DMILS research tradition."

"Landmark autoganzfeld paper by Honorton (co-researcher in the Maimonides program defended by Child 1985) and Bem. Foundational to the ganzfeld controversy (#1) and cited by virtually every ganzfeld paper in the library. Direct continuation of the research program Child defended."

"Foundational human DMT dose-response study establishing psychoactive plasma concentrations (~60 ng/mL for breakthrough). Key evidence used by Nichols 2017 to demonstrate pineal DMT production is insufficient by ~1000-fold. Essential for NDE/consciousness debate."

"Foundational paper establishing the EDA remote staring paradigm — the exact methodology used in the Schlitz–Wiseman series and subsequent DMILS work. Reviews prior research and presents new EDA data. Cited by Schlitz et al. (2006) as the methodological foundation of the remote staring detection paradigm. Also cited in Schmidt et al. (2004) meta-analysis."

"Key skeptical study showing FC double-blind failures; one of the founding papers of the FC controversy (#9). Directly cited by Weiler & Woollacott (2025) as the study whose results may be reinterpretable as anomalous transfer. Essential for balanced controversy #9 representation."

"Cited by dean_2022 as the last major review before their systematic synthesis. Foundational baseline for the cognitive deficits hypothesis. Dean et al. explicitly position their review as updating Irwin's work after 30 years. Essential for understanding historical development of the cognitive differences research program."

"The primary skeptical critique of PEAR's remote perception program. Directly addressed in Dunne & Jahn 2003 and Dobyns et al. 1992 rebuttal. Essential for the remote viewing controversy and meta-debate on methodology."

"The PEAR team's formal rebuttal to Hansen et al.'s critique. Companion to hansen_utts_1992_critique_pear; together they form the core exchange in the PEAR remote viewing controversy."

"Foundational classification paper for distressing NDEs (inverse/void/hellish taxonomy). Cassol et al. 2019 is a direct replication. Cited by multiple NDE papers in the library. Essential for Controversy #7 (NDEs/survival)."

"Key precursor to Charland-Verville et al. (2014): compared NDE phenomenology between patients who were vs were not actually near death, finding comparable experiences. Published in The Lancet."

"Primary data paper underlying the 15-experiment DMILS series summarized in braud_1993_remote_mental_influence_eda. Contains session-level statistics, full experimental rationales, and methodological details not presented in the 1993 summary. Essential complement to both braud_1993 and braud_schlitz_1991_consciousness_interactions. High-quality long-form empirical paper (~50 pages) in JSE."

"Cited in discussion as representing skeptical position on elusiveness of psychic phenomena. Sheldrake cites Hyman's argument that phenomena should be treated with suspicion if they cannot be demonstrated repeatedly. Foundational skeptical text that articulates the 'elusiveness problem' central to psi debate."

"Direct precursor to the 1994 transferred potential paper — first demonstration of transferred potentials between subjects in Faraday chambers at 3m distance. Essential for understanding the development of the paradigm and for comparison with the 14.5m replication."

"NRC-commissioned comparative methodological analysis by Rosenthal (pioneer of meta-analysis). Found ganzfeld ESP studies were the ONLY area meeting basic sound experimental design requirements among 5 controversial areas. NRC chair asked Rosenthal to delete the parapsychology section; he refused. Central to the NRC controversy narrative."

"Original validation of the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) - the gold standard instrument used by Thonnard (2013), Palmieri (2014), Cassol (2018), and Moore & Greyson (2017) to assess NDE memory phenomenology. Foundational methodology paper for the entire NDE memory research line."

"The comprehensive internal review of the entire SRI remote viewing program (1973-1988), providing aggregate effect sizes and individual viewer performance data that Utts's 1996 CIA-commissioned assessment directly builds upon. Foundational document for the Stargate literature in this library."

"Cited by freedman_2003_effects and freedman_2018_mindmatter. Foundational book proposing that consciousness has 'wave properties' that can influence random physical events, and that reduced self-awareness facilitates such effects. Direct theoretical basis for Freedman's frontal lobe hypothesis. Essential for understanding theoretical framework of PK research."

"First major meta-analysis of ganzfeld ESP studies (28 studies, 38% hit rate vs 25% chance). Foundational to the entire ganzfeld debate and led to the Hyman-Honorton Joint Communique."

"Foundational ganzfeld meta-analysis cited by many library papers. Part of controversy #1 (ganzfeld replication). Need to assess the original evidence base."

"The foundational skeptical critique of the original ganzfeld studies that prompted the Hyman-Honorton joint communique and the autoganzfeld reforms. Cited by Alcock (2011) and essential to Controversy 1 (ganzfeld replication). The library has Hyman 1994 and 2010 but not this earlier, more influential critique."

"Foundational ARV trading study: 9 consecutive correct predictions of silver futures, >$100K profit. Cited by kolodziejzyk_2012_greg as inspiration. First demonstration of ARV for financial prediction with real capital at risk."

"SRI ARV trading study: 30 days, 21/30 profitable trades, $25K profit. Cited by kolodziejzyk_2012_greg. Seven viewers, consensus judging. Important replication of Harary/Targ silver study."

"Foundational methodological critique of parapsychology cited across the library's methodology papers. Kennedy (2017) references it as an early advocate for fraud prevention standards. Essential for Controversy #10 (meta-debate) as a systematic catalog of methodological weaknesses in psi research."

"Key evidence for responsive xenoglossy (the Sharada/Uttara case) that Braude 1992 critiques at length. Central to the survival-vs-super-psi debate. Also cited by Kelly 2010 and Delorme 2021."

"Foundational medical investigation of NDEs cited by Greyson 1983. Sabom was a cardiologist who systematically studied NDE reports. Essential historical precursor to quantitative NDE research. Cited alongside Ring 1980 as key early work."

"Foundational reference book on mediumship research, cited by nearly every mediumship-related paper in the library including Kelly 2010, Braude 1992, and Beischel 2015. Provides the most comprehensive historical review of 100 years of mediumship investigation."

"First systematic medical investigation of veridical NDE perception; Ring & Cooper 1997 directly cite Sabom's work on apparently impossible visual perception during NDEs as key predecessor; Blackmore 1993 specifically critiqued Sabom's findings."

"Foundational theoretical work introducing the syntergic theory of consciousness and neuronal fields. Cited by grinberg_zylberbaum_1987_interhemispheric and subsequent papers in this research program. Required to understand the theoretical framework underlying the interhemispheric correlation paradigm and transferred potential experiments."

"Second major NDE book that established the 5-stage sequence model (peace, separation, dark area, light, entry). Cited by Cassol (2018) and introduced the 'core experience' concept. Important for understanding NDE phenomenology development."

"Direct critique of Puthoff & Targ's SRI remote viewing experiments (puthoff_1976_perceptual, targ_1974_information). Marks & Kammann argued that cues in the transcripts (references to time of day, previous experiments) allowed judges to match without psi. This is the primary skeptical challenge to the foundational SRI remote viewing data and essential for balanced coverage of Controversy #1/RV research."

"Foundational early review of experimenter effects in psi research, cited by Kennedy 2020 and likely by multiple other Kennedy papers in the library. Key historical reference for understanding the experimenter-effect theme."

"Founding paper of the Ganzfeld paradigm for psi research — the single most influential experimental method in parapsychology. Cited by Moulton & Kosslyn 2008, Bem & Honorton 1994, and referenced throughout the ganzfeld literature."

"Foundational to DAT: May et al. (1995) describe DAT as 'a logical and formal extension of Stanford's elegant PMIR model.' Stanford's psi-mediated instrumental response (PMIR) model is one of the most cited phenomenological theories in parapsychology and a direct precursor to DAT."

"Foundational experiment for the goal-oriented psi hypothesis. Schmidt's direct comparison of single-event vs. 100-event majority-vote PK trials under double-blind conditions is the most definitive empirical test of goal-oriented psi. Cited by kennedy_1995_goal_oriented, kennedy_2001_psi_elusive, and schmidt_1987_strange. Central to methodology debates about whether psi bypasses statistical redundancy."

"Cited by Jahn et al. (1997) as the foundational work PEAR was attempting to replicate with improved methodology. Schmidt pioneered high-speed RNG PK experiments. Historical precursor to the entire PEAR program."

"Primary source for the entire Maimonides dream ESP research program. Central to Child (1985), which is a defense of these experiments. Contains the data summarized in Child's Table 1 and is the foundational work for dream telepathy research."

"Confirmatory replication of the first Maimonides precognitive dream study. Together with Krippner et al. (1971), provides the only prior successful controlled precognitive dream case studies. Directly cited by Mossbridge et al. (2025) as the benchmark for their lucid dreaming protocol."

"First Maimonides precognitive dream study with Malcolm Bessent — foundational experiment that Mossbridge et al. (2025) directly extends to lucid dreaming. The Bessent studies are the most convincingly replicated precognitive dream case studies and the explicit model for the new protocol. Cited by Storm et al. (2017) dream-ESP meta-analysis already in the library."

"Foundational paper introducing the first electronic RNG for psi testing, based on radioactive decay. All subsequent RNG/micro-PK experiments descend from this design. Cited by Kauffman & Radin (2023) and underlies the entire PK/RNG evidence base reviewed in multiple library meta-analyses."

"Foundational paper that introduced electronic REG testing for psychokinesis — the paradigm used by PEAR and virtually every subsequent PK experiment in the library. Cited by Jahn et al. 1987, Radin 1989, Bosch 2006 meta-analysis, and many others."

"Foundational RNG-based precognition experiment by Helmut Schmidt, one of the first to use a quantum random event generator. Cited in Honorton & Ferrari (1989) meta-analysis and frequently referenced as a pioneering study in the precognition literature."

"First published RNG-PK experiment. Schmidt pioneered the use of electronic random number generators for psychokinesis testing, initiating the entire research program that the Bosch et al. meta-analysis covers. Foundational to PK paradigm."

"Seminal paper by Bernard Grad on healing effects in animals and plants — foundational study for the healing/intention research domain (folder 06)."

"Cited by Sheldrake 2002 as evidence that emotionally close people communicate telepathically better than strangers. Foundational for emotional closeness hypothesis in telepathy research."

"Formulated the foundational principle that skills are incommunicable paranormally — the key axiom challenged by Braude 1992. Central philosophical reference in the survival-vs-super-psi debate."

"Landmark skeptical critique published in Science (Aug 26, 1955) that accused parapsychologists of fraud. First major skeptical paper in a prestige journal attacking ESP evidence. Central to Hyman's 'False Dichotomy' framework. Cited by hyman_1986_parapsychological_tutorial, and foundational to the meta-debate tracked in Controversy #10."

"The foundational text for psychophysical parallelism and synchronicity that the entire GQT research program (Atmanspacher, Walach, von Lucadou) formalizes. Contains Jung's essay on synchronicity and Pauli's essay on Kepler, which together establish the conceptual basis for mind-matter complementarity. Cited by atmanspacher_2002_weak_quantum."

"Foundational statistical critique of ESP experimental methodology; first formal analysis of optional stopping in psi experiments. Cited by Wagenmakers (2007) as demonstrating that optional stopping can always reject any true null hypothesis. Directly relevant to methodology controversies (#10) and the historical timeline of statistical critiques of psi."

"Myers' magnum opus published posthumously, introducing concepts like 'telepathy' and 'subliminal self' that became central to parapsychology. Rhine's experimental program was designed to test Myers' theoretical framework. Critical historical foundation."

"Direct follow-up to Phantasms of the Living, conducting the first large-scale census (17,000 respondents) to establish base rates of hallucination in the general population. Confirmed that death-coincident hallucinations occurred at rates far exceeding chance, providing the statistical foundation that Phantasms lacked. Foundational to the evidential case for crisis telepathy."