Blog - Public Parapsychology

Exploring Consciousness-Based Applications for Climate Action

Annalisa Ventola November 20, 2021 1 Comment

Public Parapsychology is calling for centers, laboratories, and citizen scientists engaged in consciousness-based research & practices to consider dev...Read More

Psi exists and it belongs to everyone.

Annalisa Ventola October 30, 2021 No Comments

Proof-oriented empirical research on extra sensory perception has demonstrated—at the very least—statistical anomalies relating to human behavior that...Read More

A Reboot & Mission Statement

Annalisa Ventola October 30, 2021 No Comments

Public Parapsychology is enjoying something of a reboot from its 2006 origins as a blog to a community website, which has occasioned the opportunity t...Read More

Support for Parapsychological Research in Frontiers of Human Neuroscience

Annalisa Ventola February 5, 2014 No Comments

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, an open-access academic publisher and research network, has published an opinion article titled "A call for an open, ...Read More

Poltergeist Phenomena Primer

Annalisa Ventola June 2, 2011 No Comments

This edition summarizes the current state of parapsychological research and perspectives on poltergeist phenomena.

Apparitional Experiences Primer

Annalisa Ventola March 7, 2010 No Comments

A basic and accessible primer for paranormal enthusiasts on what parapsychologists and psychical researchers have learned about apparitions since the ...Read More

Temperature in Haunting Experiences: A Basic Primer for Paranormal Enthusiasts

Annalisa Ventola November 11, 2008 No Comments

In this primer, we give a brief overview of what parapsychologists have learned so far about temperature in relation to haunting experiences, and prov...Read More

Using Brain Imaging as a Direct Test for Psi

Annalisa Ventola January 23, 2008 No Comments

With the advent of brain imaging technology, there is the promise of peering through the skull to get a possible glimpse of the brain areas that might...Read More

Self-Concept and Body Investment in Out-of-Body Experients

Annalisa Ventola December 11, 2007 No Comments

Prior research has found that people who have had out-of-body experiences (OBErs) report higher levels of body dissatisfaction than people who have ne...Read More

Language and Anomalous Experiences: Dr. Robin Wooffitt

Annalisa Ventola November 28, 2007 No Comments

Because Dr. Wooffitt's research had been severely misrepresented by these and other sites, I contacted him and invited to discuss his research and its...Read More

A Brain Response to a Future Event?

Annalisa Ventola November 12, 2007 No Comments

On a subtle and unconscious level, our body’s autonomic nervous system may "jump" in response to frightening or startling stimuli. However, it does so...Read More

Magnetic Fields and Haunting Phenomena: A Basic Primer for Paranormal Enthusiasts

Annalisa Ventola November 12, 2007 No Comments

In the primer, we discuss the current scientific literature on geomagnetism, electromagnetism, and the relationship of these magnetic fields to haunti...Read More