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parapsychological association wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 activities 3 criticism 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents parapsychological association 4 languages español français italiano português edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia professional society for parapsychologists the parapsychological association pa was formed in 1957 as a professional society for parapsychologists following an initiative by joseph b rhine its purpose has been to advance parapsychology as a science to disseminate knowledge of the field and to integrate the findings with those of other branches of science the work of the association is reported in the journal of parapsychology and the journal of the american society for psychical research 1 the parapsychological association became affiliated with the american association for the advancement of science in 1969 and it is still an affiliate as of 2019 2 3 4 5 6 7 history edit the association was created in durham north carolina on june 19 1957 its formation was proposed by rhine then the director of the duke parapsychology laboratory at duke university at the workshop in parapsychology held there when using the occasion afforded by the wide representation of the field rhine proposed that the group form itself into the nucleus of an international professional society in parapsychology 8 its first president was r a mcconnell then of the biophysics department at the university of pittsburgh and the first vice president was gertrude r schmeidler of the department of psychology of the city college of new york rhea white was named secretary treasurer four others were elected to the council bringing the total to seven margaret anderson remi j cadoret karlis osis and w g roll one of the co founding supporters of pa was anthropologist margaret mead 9 in 1984 richard feynman spoke at the annual convention of the association 10 activities edit in 1969 the association became formally affiliated with the american association for the advancement of science aaas 11 12 the work of the association is reported in the journal of parapsychology and the journal of the american society for psychical research 1 the association confers the outstanding career award to recognize members who have sustained 20 years of research or service contributions to advance the discipline 13 the current president of the pa is american clinical psychologist james c carpenter 14 criticism edit the association has its critics including physicist john archibald wheeler who tried without success to convince the aaas to expel the organization in 1979 15 during his presentation wheeler incorrectly stated that j b rhine had committed fraud as a student wheeler retracted that statement in a letter to the journal science 16 see also edit american society for psychical research international association for near death studies society for psychical research list of parapsychology topics references edit 1 2 psi journals publications parapsychological association archived from the original on 2002 12 11 retrieved 2010 05 20 primary source parapsychology and the integrity of science the washington post retrieved 2019 10 14 list of aaas affiliates aaas american association for the advancement of science retrieved 2019 10 14 about the parapsychological association parapsychological association retrieved 2019 10 14 parapsychology annalisa ventola retrieved 2019 10 14 what is parapsychology parapsychology and magic russian information network what on earth halfway there 18 august 2007 about the parapsychological association parapsychological org retrieved 2026 05 12 melton j g 1996 parapsychological association in encyclopedia of occultism parapsychology thomson gale isbn 978 0 8103 9487 2 solfvin jerry 1985 preface the twenty seventh annual convention in white rhea solfvin jerry eds research in parapsychology 1984 abstracts and papers from the twenty seventh annual convention of the parapsychological association 1984 london scarecrow press p vii isbn 978 0 8108 1812 5 etzel cardeña january 27 2014 a call for an open informed study of all aspects of consciousness frontiers in human neuroscience 8 17 doi 10 3389 fnhum 2014 00017 pmc 3902298 pmid 24478682 aaas affiliates american association for the advancement of science retrieved 2010 05 20 outstanding career award the parapsychological association www parapsych org retrieved 2024 07 01 board of directors the parapsychological association www parapsych org wheeler john archibald drive the pseudos out of the workshop of science archived from the original on 2008 07 24 retrieved 2008 12 29 wheeler j a 1979 parapsychology a correction science 205 4402 144 148 doi 10 1126 science 205 4402 144 b pmid 17750301 external links edit official website v t e parapsychology outline topics apparitional experience astral projection auras bilocation clairvoyance deathbed phenomena dermo optical perception dream telepathy ectoplasm electronic voice phenomenon extrasensory perception ganzfeld experiment ghosts kirlian photography levitation materialization mediumship near death experience orb out of body experience pam reynolds case paranormal parapsychology research at sri past life regression plant perception paranormal poltergeist precognition psychic psychic detective psychic reading psychic surgery psychometry pyrokinesis reincarnation remote viewing retrocognition second sight sensory leakage spoon bending superconscious telekinesis telepathy thoughtography xenoglossy zener cards active organizations american society for psychical research archives of the impossible archives for the unexplained association for the scientific study of anomalous phenomena college of psychic studies institut métapsychique international institute of noetic sciences international association for near death studies koestler parapsychology unit parapsychological association parapsychology foundation rhine research center society for psychical research the ghost club defunct organizations american psychical institute british college of psychic science cambridge ghost society international institute for psychical research london dialectical society metropolitan psychical society national laboratory of psychical research oxford phasmatological society princeton engineering anomalies research laboratory society for the study of supernormal pictures stargate project u s army unit people list of parapsychologists skeptics of parapsychology publications an experiment with time extrasensory perception irreducible mind journal of near death studies journal of parapsychology journal of scientific exploration life after life life before life mental radio old souls the scientific evidence for past lives parapsychology frontier science of the mind the roots of coincidence twenty cases suggestive of reincarnation varieties of anomalous experience category commons authority control databases national czech republic other idref yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title parapsychological_association oldid 1359182793 categories parapsychology american organizations established in 1957 hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata all articles with vague or 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