The science behind claims of alien encounters and visions of ghosts can be even more
fascinating than the sensationalist headlines. What leads some people to believe in the …

Annotation With a thorough and systematic review of investigations into the bases of belief in
paranormal phenomena, this discussion explores the four main theoretical approaches …

Interest and belief in the paranormal and related phenomena are today as high as ever, and
may, if anything, be on the increase. In a poll published in USA Today, Yankelovich Partners …

Much has been said of late about the problem of modernism—what it is that is missing from
the present scientific worldview. Modernism, with its stunning successes in science and …

Paranormal beliefs and experiences are associated with certain personality factors,
including absorption, fantasy proneness, and the Myers-Briggs intuition and feeling …

Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers
and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the …

Psychic and other exceptional experiences are surprisingly common but opinions as to their
causes vary widely. Can tricks of the mind such as hallucinations, mistaken perception and …

Phenomena such as near-death and out-of-body experiences have often been ignored or
ridiculed by mainstream psychology. In this volume, leading scholars explore these areas …

Relatively few studies have investigated the nature and incidence of paranormal
experience. Extending the work of Castro et al.(2014), this study investigated the prevalence …

An introduction to the scientific study of psychics and mediums—those who are frauds, those
who are psychotic, and those whose claims seem to defy easy dismissal. Welcome to the …