Abstract
The paranormal phenomenon termed “remote viewing” was investigated using procedures employed in successful demonstrations of the phenomenon. 20 selected college students volunteered as receivers and were given two “remote viewing” trials. A control condition was used on Trial 1 to evaluate chance factors in “remote viewing.” Independent judges and the receivers evaluated the accuracy of “remote viewing” by comparing the receivers' protocols to senders' descriptions and by visits to the target sites. The results offered no support for a “remote viewing” hypothesis. Means for judgments of correct receiver protocols were not significantly different between experimental and control group receivers and were not significantly different from judgment means for incorrect receiver protocols. A psychic/nonpsychic interpretation of judgment successes was discounted by the finding that successes could be accounted for in terms of differences among rating means for targets or differences among rating means for individual judges.
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