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==Experiments==
==Experiments==
There have been many experiments done to test the validity of dream telepathy and its effectiveness, but with significant issues of blinding. Many test subjects find ways to communicate with others to make it look like telepathic communication. Attempts to cut off communication between the agent, sender, and receiver of information failed because subjects found ways to get around blindfolds no matter how intricate and covering they were.<ref name=McBroom>{{cite journal|last=McBroom|first=Patricia|title=Dreams, Art and Mental Telepathy|journal=Science News|year=1967|volume=92|pages=424}}</ref> In studies at the Maimonides Medical Center in [[Brooklyn, New York]] in 1964, led by the parapsychologist [[Stanley Krippner]], patients were monitored and awakened after a period of REM then separated to study the claimed ability to communicate telepathically. According to Krippner the results from some of the experiments supported telepathy.<ref name=ullmanweb /> However, the results have not been independently replicated.<ref>[[Ray Hyman|Hyman, Ray]]. (1986). ''Maimonides dream-telepathy experiments''. Skeptical Inquirer 11: 91-92.</ref> [[James Alcock]] has written the dream telepathy experiments at Maimonides have failed to provide evidence for telepathy and "lack of replication is rampant."<ref>[[James Alcock|Alcock James]]. (2003). ''Give the Null Hypothesis a Chance: Reasons to Remain Doubtful about the Existence of Psi''. Journal of Consciousness Studies 10: 29–50.</ref>
There have been many experiments done to test the validity of dream telepathy and its effectiveness, but with significant issues of blinding. Many test subjects find ways to communicate with others to make it look like telepathic communication. Attempts to cut off communication between the agent, sender, and receiver of information failed because subjects found ways to get around blindfolds no matter how intricate and covering they were.<ref name=McBroom>{{cite journal|last=McBroom|first=Patricia|title=Dreams, Art and Mental Telepathy|journal=Science News|year=1967|volume=92|pages=424}}</ref> In studies at the Maimonides Medical Center in [[Brooklyn, New York]] in 1964, led by the parapsychologist [[Stanley Krippner]], patients were monitored and awakened after a period of REM then separated to study the claimed ability to communicate telepathically. According to Krippner the results from some of the experiments supported telepathy.<ref name=ullmanweb /> However, the results have not been independently replicated.<ref>[[Ray Hyman|Hyman, Ray]]. (1986). ''Maimonides dream-telepathy experiments''. Skeptical Inquirer 11: 91-92.</ref><ref>Neher, Andrew. (2011). ''Paranormal and Transcendental Experience: A Psychological Examination''. Dover Publications. p. 145. ISBN 0-486-26167-0</ref> [[James Alcock]] has written the dream telepathy experiments at Maimonides have failed to provide evidence for telepathy and "lack of replication is rampant."<ref>[[James Alcock|Alcock James]]. (2003). ''Give the Null Hypothesis a Chance: Reasons to Remain Doubtful about the Existence of Psi''. Journal of Consciousness Studies 10: 29–50.</ref>


[[Robert Todd Carroll]] wrote regarding the experiments "the hit rate seems more indicative of the retrofitting talents of the experimenters than of the psychic abilities of the test subjects."<ref>[http://www.skepdic.com/psi-conducive.html Psi-conducive state]</ref>
[[Robert Todd Carroll]] wrote regarding the experiments "the hit rate seems more indicative of the retrofitting talents of the experimenters than of the psychic abilities of the test subjects."<ref>[http://www.skepdic.com/psi-conducive.html Psi-conducive state]</ref>

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Dream telepathy is the purported ability to communicate telepathically with another person while one is dreaming.[1] The first person in modern times to document telepathic dreaming was Sigmund Freud.[2] In the 1940s it was the subject of the Eisenbud-Pederson-Krag-Fodor-Ellis controversy, named after the preeminent psychoanalysts of the time who were involved Jule Eisenbud, Geraldine Pederson-Krag, Nandor Fodor, and Albert Ellis.[3]

History

The notion and speculation of communication via dreaming was first mooted in psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud in 1921.[4] He produced a model to express his ideas about telepathic dreaming.[2] His 1922 paper Dreams and Telepathy is reproduced in the book Psychoanalysis and the Occult (1953) and was intended to be a lecture to the Vienna Psycho-Analytical Society, although he never delivered it.[4] Freud considered that a connection between telepathy and dreams could be neither proven nor disproven. He was distinctly suspicious of the whole idea, noting that he himself had never had a telepathic dream. (His two dreams that were potentially telepathic, where he dreamed of the deaths of a son and of a sister-in-law, he labeled as "purely subjective anticipations".) His ideas were not widely accepted at the time, but he continued to publicly express his interest and findings about telepathic dreaming. He also observed that he had not encountered any evidence of dream telepathy in his patients.[5][4]

Ellis regarded the conclusions of Eisenbud, Pederson-Krag, and Fodor to have been based upon flimsy evidence, and that they could be better explained by bias and coincidence than by dream telepathy. He also accused them of an emotional involvement in the notion, resulting in their observations and judgement being clouded.[6]

Experiments

There have been many experiments done to test the validity of dream telepathy and its effectiveness, but with significant issues of blinding. Many test subjects find ways to communicate with others to make it look like telepathic communication. Attempts to cut off communication between the agent, sender, and receiver of information failed because subjects found ways to get around blindfolds no matter how intricate and covering they were.[7] In studies at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York in 1964, led by the parapsychologist Stanley Krippner, patients were monitored and awakened after a period of REM then separated to study the claimed ability to communicate telepathically. According to Krippner the results from some of the experiments supported telepathy.[2] However, the results have not been independently replicated.[8][9] James Alcock has written the dream telepathy experiments at Maimonides have failed to provide evidence for telepathy and "lack of replication is rampant."[10]

Robert Todd Carroll wrote regarding the experiments "the hit rate seems more indicative of the retrofitting talents of the experimenters than of the psychic abilities of the test subjects."[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Krippner, Stanley (2011). "Dreams, Telepathy, and Various States of Consciousness". NeuroQuantology. 9 (1): 4. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Ullman, Montague (2003). "Dream telepathy: experimental and clinical findings". In Totton, Nick (ed.). Psychoanalysis and the paranormal: lands of darkness. Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Karnac Books. pp. 14–46. ISBN 978-1-85575-985-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. ^ Devereux, George, ed. (1953). "The Eisenbud-Pederson-Krag-Fodor-Ellis Controversy". In Psychoanalysis and the Occult. Oxford, England: International Universities Press.
  4. ^ a b c Eshel, Ofra (December 2006). "Where are you, my beloved?: On absence, loss, and the enigma of telepathic dreams". The International Journal of Psychoanalysis 87 (6): 1603–1627.
  5. ^ Frieden, Ken (1990). Freud's dream of interpretation. SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture. SUNY Press. pp. 102-103. ISBN 978-0-7914-0124-8.
  6. ^ Ellis, Albert (1947). "Telepathy and Psychoanalysis: A Critique of Recent Findings". Psychiatric Quarterly. 21: 607–659. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  7. ^ McBroom, Patricia (1967). "Dreams, Art and Mental Telepathy". Science News. 92: 424.
  8. ^ Hyman, Ray. (1986). Maimonides dream-telepathy experiments. Skeptical Inquirer 11: 91-92.
  9. ^ Neher, Andrew. (2011). Paranormal and Transcendental Experience: A Psychological Examination. Dover Publications. p. 145. ISBN 0-486-26167-0
  10. ^ Alcock James. (2003). Give the Null Hypothesis a Chance: Reasons to Remain Doubtful about the Existence of Psi. Journal of Consciousness Studies 10: 29–50.
  11. ^ Psi-conducive state

Further reading

  • Devereux, George, ed. (1953). "The Eisenbud-Pederson-Krag-Fodor-Ellis controversy". Psychoanalysis and the occult. Oxford, England: International Universities Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ellis, Albert (1947). "Telepathy and Psychoanalysis: A Critique of Recent Findings". Psychiatric Quarterly. 21: 607–659. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Child, Irvin (November 1985). "Psychology and Anomalous Observations: The Question of ESP in Dreams". American Psychologist. 40 (11): 1219–1230. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.40.11.1219. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ullman, Montague; Kripper, Stanley; Vaughan, A. (1989). Dream Telepathy: Experiments in noctural ESP. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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