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Anomalous Mind-Matter Influence, Free Will, and the Nature of Causality

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2023
This paper proposes a framework that supports both free will and anomalous mind-matter interaction (psychokinesis). I begin by considering the argument by the physicist Sean Carroll that the laws of physics as we understand them rule out psychokinesis (
George Williams
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Ontology-driven hypothesis generation to explain anomalous patient responses to treatment [PDF]

, 2009
Within the medical domain there are clear expectations as to how a patient should respond to treatments administered. When these responses are not observed it can be challenging for clinicians to understand the anomalous responses. The work reported here
Hughes, Martin, Malcolm Sim, Moss, Laura, Sim, M., Daniel, M., Moss, L., Donaldson, Lyndsay, Martin Hughes, Booth, M., Booth, Malcolm, Daniel, Malcolm, Gilhooly, Charlotte, Sleeman, D., Sim, Malcolm, Hughes, M., Kinsella, J., Lyndsay Donaldson, Malcolm Booth, Kinsella, John, Donaldson, L., Laura Moss, Malcolm Daniel, Sleeman, Derek, Gilhooly, C., Charlotte Gilhooly, Derek Sleeman, John Kinsella   +26 more
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Anomalous Perception: An Umbrella Review of the Meta-Analytic Evidence

, 2022
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the results of all meta-analyses on anomalous cognition conducted between 1989 and 2021 in order to find moderators associated with greater effect sizes.
Lance Storm, Patrizio Tressoldi
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Letter to the Editor

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2022
Correction to a previous review.
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Bruno Paz Mosqueiro, Dinesh Bhugra   +2 more
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Interpreting the anomalous : finding meaning in out-of-body and near-death experiences [PDF]

, 2010
Much contemporary research on anomalous experiences has been focused on issues of confirming the authenticity of the phenomena, or to determine the underlying processes by which these phenomena may manifest themselves.
David Wilde, Wilde, David J., Murray, Craig, Murray, CD, Wilde, D, Craig D. Murray   +5 more
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Anomalous Foreknowledge and Cognitive Impenetrability in Gnomeo and Juliet [PDF]

Adaptation, 2017
This essay locates film adaptations of well-known originals within the context of two interrelated perceptual processes. The first of these is Richard Gerrig’s notion of anomalous suspense, in which audiences experience suspense even if they know the outcome of a film through repeat viewings.
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The development of metaphorical language comprehension in typical development and in Williams syndrome [PDF]

, 2010
The domain of figurative language comprehension was used to probe the developmental relation between language and cognition in typically developing individuals and individuals with Williams syndrome.
Thomas, Michael S.C., Ansari, Daniel, Mareschal, Denis, van Duuren, Mike, Ansari, D., Thomas, Michael, Purser, Harry, van Duuren, M., Karmiloff-Smith, Annette   +8 more
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Are You “In the Zone” Or “Disconnected”?: An Investigation of Flow, Dissociative Absorption and Their Adaptive and Maladaptive Correlates

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2022
Objective: The terms dissociative absorption and flow describe tendencies to experience immersive consciousness states, yet dissociation is sometimes considered maladaptive whereas flow is typically considered to be adaptive.
Michal Zadik, Noa Bregman-Hai, Nirit Soffer-Dudek   +2 more
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Anomalous Lateral Sulcus Asymmetry and Cognitive Function in First-episode Schizophrenia [PDF]

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1992
This study examines the cognitive functioning of first-episode schizophreniform patients within several weeks of hospitalization and at 2 years into the illness. Differences between patients and controls are also reported for measurements of the length of the lateral sulcus, which borders the planum temporal, an area of the brain integral to language ...
A L, Hoff, H, Riordan, D, O'Donnell, P, Stritzke, C, Neale, A, Boccio, A K, Anand, L E, DeLisi   +7 more
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Quantum Measurement as Pragmatic Information Transfer: Observer Effects on (S)objective Reality Formation

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2022
Objective. In the research presented here, quantum measurement is conceptualized as pragmatic information transfer when an intentional observer perceives motive-relevant quantum-based outcomes. Owing to the nature of pragmatic information as described in
Markus A. Maier, Moritz C. Dechamps, Thomas Rabeyron   +2 more
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