A computer-based content analysis of 109 abstracts retrieved by the subject heading “parapsychology” from the database MEDLINE for the years 1975–1995 is presented. Data were analyzed by four categories referring to terms denoting (1) research methods, (2) neurosciences, (3) humanities/psychodynamics, and (4) parapsychology. Results indicated a growing interest in neuroscientific and neuropsychological explanations and theories.
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