Nature 251, 602 - 607 (18 October 1974); doi:10.1038/251602a0

Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding

RUSSELL TARG & HAROLD PUTHOFF

Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California 94025

WE present results of experiments suggesting the existence of one or more perceptual modalities through which individuals obtain information about their environment, although this information is not presented to any known sense. The literature¹⁻³ and our observations lead us to conclude that such abilities can be studied under laboratory conditions.

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