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Identification of Concealed Randomized Objects through Acquired Response Habits of Stimulus and Word Association

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SINCE 1962 several investigators have reported experimental results supporting the claim that Pavel Stepanek of Prague could demonstrate an ESP ability in a simple test situation. In the test used, Stepanek attempted on each trial to say whether the green or the white side of a card hidden in an opaque cover was presented upward. Two of us1 summarized the literature dealing with this subject and presented confirmatory evidence obtained in stringently safeguarded experimental conditions.

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  1. Blom, J. G., and Pratt, J. G., J. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res., 62, 28 (1968).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

    J. G. PRATT & I. STEVENSON

  2. Psychical Research Foundation, Durham, North Carolina

    W. G. ROLL

  3. Institute of Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam,

    J. G. BLOM & G. L. MEINSMA

  4. Department of Psychology, University of Tasmania,

    H. H. J. KEIL

  5. School of Medicine (student), University of Lund, Sweden

    N. JACOBSON

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PRATT, J., STEVENSON, I., ROLL, W. et al. Identification of Concealed Randomized Objects through Acquired Response Habits of Stimulus and Word Association. Nature 220, 89–91 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220089a0

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