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Compassionate Intention as a Therapeutic Intervention by Partners of Cancer Patients
Effects of Distant Intention on the Patients' Autonomic Nervous System
This double-blind study investigated the effects of intention on the autonomic nervous system of a human "sender" and distant "receiver" of those intentions, and it explored the roles that motivation and training might have in modulating these effects.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- July 1, 2008
- 9 pages
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Electrodermal Presentiments of Future Emotions
Many people have experienced intuitive hunches or forebodings about future events that later turned out to be correct. Most such hunches can be attributed to unconscious inferences, others are undoubtedly coincidences, instances of selective memory, or due to forgotten expertise. However, sometimes a hunch seems so intrinsically unlikely and yet turns out to be valid, that one wonders whether such experiences, often on the edge of conscious awareness, might involve perception of future information.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- 2004
- 21 pages
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Certain yogis have remarkable—and proven—abilities. Why does mainstream science remain skeptical?
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Certain yogis have remarkable—and proven—abilities. Why does mainstream science remain skeptical?
Ancient yogic lore discusses special abilities, called siddhis, which may be attained through the ...
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Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: A 21st-Century View of Meditation
The field of contemplative neuroscience is exploding, in tandem with the explosion of knowledge about brain science in general. People know twice as much about the brain today than they did in 1990, and science knows a hundred times more today than it did in 1990 about what happens in the brain when people engage in contemplative practices.
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The Mind’s Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
Scientific study of meditation has flourished over the past several years, summarized in this excerpt from a new book of groundbreaking conversations between the Dalai Lama and leading researchers from both Eastern and Western traditions.
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What’s the Matter with Miracles?
Some days I wake up and it hits me all over again. There’s a lot of science going on in the world, but how many people get to work at a place where a few very brainy and dedicated scientists are measuring the farthest reaches of the mind for clues to higher levels of the human experience?
- Noetic Research
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About/News@IONS/"The Lost Symbol"
IONS and the Science Behind The Lost Symbol Intuition, ESP, quantum entanglement, and other extraordinary phenomena are part of a normal day’s research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences ... -
Research/Psi Research
Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications on Psi Research (a growing list of articles published mostly in the 21st century, plus other resources, compiled by Dean Radin) read Dr. Radin's blog ... -
Dean Radin, PhD
Dr. Radin is IONS Chief Scientist and a bestselling author of two books and over 200 articles.
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Marilyn Schlitz, PhD
Dr. Schlitz is IONS Global Ambassador for Creative Projects and Global Affairs, and Senior Scientist. She is a researcher, author, speaker, and change consultant.