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This paper presents two experiments in which an experimental paradigm developed to examine the efficacy of filtering mechanisms of attention, Latent Inhibition (LI), was adapted to include a psi component. LI assesses the processing of irrelevant stimuli, thus we tested whether a psi-stimulus might be processed akin to the irrelevant stimulus. Because the processing of the irrelevant stimulus has been shown to be moderated by creativity and positive schizotypy, we hypothesized that these same variables would also moderate the processing of any psi effect. In Experiment 1, a significant LI effect was observed but no psi effect. However, non-linear cognition in the creative process (NLCC) (e.g., intuition and hypnagogia) was significantly associated with a psi-LI-like effect. In Experiment 2 there was a significant psi effect that seemed to operate under the same conditions as LI (being attenuated with a high attentional load). However, creativity and positive schizotypy did not moderate the strength of this psi-LI-like effect. The LI effect was significantly enhanced by NLCC and attenuated by originality.

Fractals are a signature of living and natural (rather than artificial) systems that range from coastlines, mountains, and rivers to plants (e.g., ferns) and animals (e.g., seashells) and structures within the human body, including the nervous system (cf. Fractal signatures have also been observed in human (and animal) behaviors and experiences, including altered states of consciousness (Walter & Hinterberger, 2022; Varley et al., 2020a; Varley et al., 2020b) and consciousness (Varley et al., 2020a). Results: Results (the ranks given to the target image) will be presented for the two conditions (Mandelbrot zoom exposure or watching a blank screen), and the results of a sum of ranks analysis (SOR) for each condition will be given.

ASMR has yet to be explored in relation to par- anormal experiences, but seems to be promising as an anomaly-prone variable, given its association with traits that are associated with increased connectivity and tendencies to report exceptional experiences including openness to experience (Fredborg et al., 2017; McErlean & Banissy, 2017), increased scoring on transliminality, body consciousness, and unusual experiences (Roberts et al., 2020) and higher scores on empathic concern (McErlean & Banissy, 2017). The study URL was distributed among faculty and staff in the College of Culture, Art and Scientific Inquiry at the University of West Georgia, psychology students at UWG, and was also sent out to members of the Rhine Research Center mailing list and shared widely on social media. Results: The quantitative analysis found that there was a significant difference between those who reported psychometry and those who did not on ASMR scores.

Introduction: This project sought to explore how mindfulness and interoception correlate with different forms of exceptional experience (ExE) and to one another. Exceptional experiences (ExE) refer to a range of unusual but not uncommon ways of experiencing the world, including experiences that are often labeled as \"paranormal\". Belz and Fach (2015) note that there are four main ways in which people experience ExE. These occur as anomalies in the self-model (internal), anomalies in the world model (external and on the body); dissociative phenomena (self and world are dissociated) and coincidence phenomena (unusual coincidences between the self and the world models). To date there is little research on the correlates of these different ways of experiencing ExE. Meditation and meditative states of consciousness are associated with increased reporting of ExE and psi performance (Roney-Dougal, 2015; Penberthy et al., 2020). Mindfulness may be important in the etiology of ExE, given its association with an attitude or stance that is openly aware as well as focally attentive in a non-judgmental way to one's inner and outer experience. Baer and colleagues (2008) identified five general qualities of mindfulness and this study explores how these different facets might relate to the different types of ExE. Interoception refers to how much the body is being listened to, within the current psycho-social context and may be important in understanding consciousness (Craig, 2009). This study explores how different aspects of interoception relate to the different types of ExE. Prior research suggests a relationship between certain types of meditation and increased interoception (Kok & Singer, 2017) but more research is needed to clarify the nature of the relationship. This study explores correlates between mindfulness, interoception and ExE subscales and a qualitative analysis of open-ended questions about each ExE subtype. Methods: This was a convergent mixed methods design. Psychology undergraduate and graduate students at UWG were invited to participate in an online survey which was set up in Qualtrics. The survey included a consent statement; demographics questions, a measure of mindfulness (the FFMQ), a measure of interoception (the MAIA), and the PAGE-R measure for exceptional experiences (Fach, At-manspacher, Landolt, Wyss, & Rössler, 2013). This has 4 subscales measuring the different ways of expe-riencing ExE; ExE in the environment, internal ExE, knowledge-based ExE and physical ExE. Open-end-ed sections followed each subsection of the PAGE-R to ask participants to elaborate on the experience that they indicate having experienced in the questionnaire. Results: There were 52 usable responses (14 were male and 38 were female). One of the 5 facets of mindfulness correlated positively and significantly with all 4 of the ExE subscales. Six of the 8 interoception subscales correlated positively and significantly with ExE subscales. Several mindfulness facets correlated positively and significantly with interoception subscales. A TA identified themes for each of the ways in which people described different forms of ExE.

Twenty psychic healers and 40 nonhealers participated in a conceptual replication of an experiment by Braud. Each session consisted of 2 runs of 8 trials. During the test run, participants (Ps) attempted to remotely retard the rate of the hemolysis of blood samples inside a spectrophotometer on Trials 4-5. The DC component of the earth's geomagnetic field (GMF) as applied to the blood samples was manipulated between runs. Ps also were queried about their healing practices and beliefs and completed an abbreviated Hartmann Boundary Questionnaire (BQ) and the Spiritual Transcendence Scale (STS). Relative hemolysis retardation was suggestively associated with high values of ambient GMF on the day before testing, confirming Braud. Overall hemolysis scores were nonsignificant, the scores of healers and nonhealers did not differ significantly, and there was no direct effect of the GMF manipulation. Combined hemolysis scores for both runs revealed hemolysis acceleration with GMF present and retardation with GMF absent, the latter effect being greater among thin-boundary Ps on the BQ. Older nonhealers appeared to accelerate hemolysis and younger nonhealers to retard it. Healers scored much higher than nonhealers on the STS, and among nonhealers the STS was positively correlated with estimated success.

Introduction: Finding ways of connecting to loved ones after death is a common goal for those in a state of bereavement. Such aeftr death experiences may take the form of a vivid dream in which the deceased appears. Others report hearing the voice of the lost loved one or having conversations with him or her. Still others have reported spontaneous and unexpected visions or signs that seem to come from the deceased and which are experienced by others in what may be understood as ghosts. And others describe physical sensations, such as chills or a breeze in a specific area. In an effort to better understand these experiences and to further the field of parapsychology and transpersonal studies, this panel considers practices that can enable people to engage their active imaginations to communicate with the departed. This includes research involving the psychomanteum, a sensory deprivation procedure that has been used in efforts to experience the departed.