This controlled laboratory study indicates that something like telepathy occurs between 2 people, isolated from each other, when the Transmitter (T) is emotionally aroused and the Receiver (R) is lying down, relaxed. At least, results show that 7 out of 12 professional psychologists and psychiatrists matched the protocols of 30 experimental T-R teams significantly better than chance expectation (p < .05); whereas under 2 control conditions involving 13 and 10 T-R teams, respectively, only 1 of the same 12 judges matched these protocols better than chance.
Using a group of 22 transmitters (Ts) in Los Angeles, and three groups of receivers (Rs) in Los Angeles (28 Rs), New York (IS Rs), and Sussex, England (14 Rs), a long-distance extrasensory perception study was conducted in which a series of three emotional episodes and three control episodes were shown Ts in Los Angeles. After each episode, Ts wrote their reactions, while at the same (local) time, Rs wrote their "free associations.'' After writing these impressions, Rs were shown a pair of slides and chose the one slide which best matched their impressions. Results showed that the 57 Rs scored significantly beyond chance expectations (/> < .003) for the experimental episodes but only at chance for the controls. Qualitative results were reviewed, and a few striking parallels between T and R protocols were noted.
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