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Psychology and anomalous observations: The question of ESP in dreams.
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“Given the results of the present meta-analysis, we concur with Child (1985), and Sherwood and Roe (2013), with only slight reservations:”
From On the correspondence between dream content and target material under laboratory conditions: A meta-analysis of dream-ESP studies, 1966-2016 (2017) · cites this paper as Child (1985)
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“Of the Maimonides (MDL) studies, Child (1985) concluded that chance could not explain the results, and he argued that there was”
From On the correspondence between dream content and target material under laboratory conditions: A meta-analysis of dream-ESP studies, 1966-2016 (2017) · cites this paper as Child, 1985
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“The potential for multiple analyses that would serve to inflate the potential for a family-wise Type I error has also been raised (Child, 1985;Parker, 1975, p. 89), but this is addressed in metaanalysis, where a pre-specified common outcome statistic is used.”
From On the correspondence between dream content and target material under laboratory conditions: A meta-analysis of dream-ESP studies, 1966-2016 (2017) · cites this paper as Child, 1985
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- Authors
- Child, I. L.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Child, Irvin L.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1985-11
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1219-1230
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2000752423
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 36.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Keywords
- extrasensory perception, dreams, dream content, psychical research
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