Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17277
Title: Operationalizing Psi-Conducive Altered States: Integrating Insights from Consciousness Studies into Parapsychology
Contributor(s): Rock, Adam John  (author); Friedman, Harris L (author); Jamieson, Graham  (author)
Publication Date: 2013
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17277
Abstract: Bem and Honorton (1994) stated, 'Historically, psi has often been associated with meditation, hypnosis, dreaming, and other naturally occurring or deliberately induced altered states of consciousness' (p. 5).1 Consciousness studies has been one of the main fields of inquiry associated with studying altered states of consciousness (ASCs; e.g., Tart, 1969), and may be defined as 'an autonomous, yet interdisciplinary, field of research and theory, embracing philosophy, psychology and neuroscience' (Overgaard, 2006, p. 425) in order to understand the 'nature of mind and consciousness" (Daniels, 2005, p. 284). According to Overgaard (2006), the development of this separate, multi-disciplinary science of consciousness was inspired, at least in part, by the seminal article by Francis Crick and Christof Koch (1990) titled 'Towards a Neurobiological Theory of Consciousness.' In addition, the interest in consciousness studies has been perpetuated by the Towards a Science of Consciousness conference series, the formation of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the emergence of numerous scholarly journals including Consciousness and Cognition, Journal of Consciousness Studies, and Psyche (launched in 1991, 1993, and 1997, respectively) (Editors, 1997). The purpose of this essay is to integrate various insights from consciousness studies into parapsychology with the aim of enhancing parapsychologists' understanding of the ostensible interaction between altered states and psi.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Advances in Parapsychological Research, v.9, p. 110-125
Publisher: McFarland
Place of Publication: Jefferson, United States of America
ISBN: 9780786471263
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520599 Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an52325762
Series Name: Advances in Parapsychological Research
Series Number : 9
Editor: Editor(s): Stanley Krippner, Adam J Rock, Julie Beischel, Harris L Friedman and Cheryl L Fracasso
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