Poltergeists, Electromagnetism and Consciousness, by William G. Roll, published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration in 2003, is Roll's own summary of the recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis model he and J. Gaither Pratt proposed following their investigation of the 1958 Seaford poltergeist case. The Journal of Scientific Exploration publishes work on contested and fringe scientific claims and does not carry the same standing as mainstream peer-reviewed psychology or physics journals; mainstream science does not accept psychokinesis as an established phenomenon. Cite this as Roll's own documented position within that real but marginal research program, not as a settled finding.
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William G. Roll's Poltergeists, Electromagnetism and Consciousness, published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration in 2003, the middle tier reflecting that the journal publishes work on contested and fringe scientific claims and does not carry the same standing as mainstream peer reviewed psychology or physics journals, cited as Roll's own documented position within a real but marginal research program on the 1958 Seaford poltergeist case rather than as a settled finding, since mainstream science does not accept psychokinesis as an established phenomenon. NotesRoll's own summary of the recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis model he and J. Gaither Pratt proposed after the 1958 Seaford case.
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AuthorWilliam G. Roll
PublisherJournal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 17
Publication Year2003
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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- Psi Phenomena, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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