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The Koestler Parapsychology Unit
Edinburgh University
The Koestler Parapsychology Unit (KPU) at Edinburgh University might not be overjoyed at being listed alongside Edinburgh's ghosts! It's not a site for ghost-hunters, true, but its scholarly reseach into parapsychology (psi) definitely makes it appropriate for any site concerning Wyrd Edinburgh.The Koestler Unit is part of the University of Edinburgh where it is attached to the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. The Unit is named after the writer Arthur Koestler who, along with his wife, left a bequest to fund a Chair of parapsychology. The first person to occupy that position was Robert Morris who chaired the unit between 1985 and 2004.
The Koestler Parapsychology Unit describes its mission as:
"the study of apparent new means of communication, or exchange of influence, between organisms and environment"Areas of interest include ESP, psychokinesis (PK), out-of-body experiences (OOBE) and near death experiences (NDE).
Past research has included testing the effects of weak magnetic fields on human perception and "Testing a model for dyadic ESP in the Ganzfeld". And no, I didn't understand that second one either. Paul Stevens of the KPU tells me that it:
"could be paraphrased as 'Seeing what happens when 2 people try to be telepathic', a study in which I suggest it's more of a psychic nudge than 'mind-to-mind' talking. N.B. No ghosts were harmed in the carrying out of that study..."
Current research (Feb 2005) includes the detection of staring and the possible effects of magnetic fields on human subjective randomness.
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