Review of Extra-Sensory Perception After Six Years

Abstract

Reviews the book, Extra-Sensory Perception After Six Years by J. G. Pratt, J. B. Rhine, B. M. Smith, C. E. Stuart, and J. A. Greenwood (1940). Rhine and his collaborators from the staff of thee Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University describe the mathematical and experimental methods used in E.S.P. research, the results of E.S.P. tests at Duke and elsewhere, and the criticisms offered thereof. After systematically disposing of the various counter-hypotheses advanced to explain the results in other than an extra-sensory fashion, the authors consider the conditions, physical and psychological, which may influence E.S.P. and discuss its possible nature. Investigations conducted since 1934, the date of publication of Rhine's first monograph, are stressed; they represent a marked methodological advance over those reported in the earlier publication. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)