The Present Importance of the Problem..... The Rôle of Telepathy as an Alternative Hypothesis to Spirit Commun- This Dominating Rôle of Telepathy Challenged.. The Present Status of Telepathy.... Further Experimental Work Imperative... Experiments on Thought-Transference.... Relation Between R Cases and Experimenter's Imagery.. Relation Between R Cases and Congruity of Imagery. Statistical Treatment of Data by Use of Mathematical Formulæ... Application of Probability Formulæ to Central Measures.... 80 Comparison of the Empirical with their Theoretical Distri- · III. "The Feeling of Being Stared At”........ The Prevalence of Belief Among University Students.. Application of Mental Habit to Experiments in Thought-Transference.... 291 Application of Mental Habit to Our Experiments on Subliminal Impression 309 Section I. Syllables with Initial and Final Consonantal Sounds........... 375 Section II. Syllables with an Initial or Final Consonantal Sound.. I. A Case of Pseudo-Prophecy...... II. Local Ghosts and the Projection of Visual Images. III. An Experimental Study of the Subconscious.... The Image Method versus the Automatic Writing and Speaking Methods of Penetrating Below the Threshold of Consciousness..... Automatic Speaking Method versus the Image Method..... The Image Method versus the Pathological and the Psychoanalytical B. Experiments in Long-Distance Thought-Transference. C. Grounds for Scientific Caution in the Acceptance of the "Proof" of 1. Relation of the "Voices" to the Psychic's Physiological Processes... 506 2. Relation of the "Physical Phenomena" to the Psychic's Body.......... 524 3. The Relation of the "Séance Personalities" to the Psychic's Mind... 535 E. Catalogue of Literature in the Library of Leland Stanford Junior University Relating Directly or Indirectly to Psychical Research..... 551 PLATE PAGE I. Floor-Plan and Equipment of the Division of Psychical Research. xxiv IV. The same; for sets of 50 to 1000 experiments.. X. Deviation from probability expected by 52 reagents on Card, Color, 91 93 99 99 ΙΟΙ 102 104 III XI. Distribution of expected per cents of R cases compared with chance distribution III XII. Distribution of the number of A grades and the number of A and B grades given by one reagent. 100 reagents.. 113 XV. Terms of criminal sentence in the United States. Eleventh Census ..... XIII. Population of the United States by Age. Twelfth Census (1900). 232 XIV. The Same. Thirteenth Census (1910). 233 235 236 237 239 XVI. Female sentences for grand larceny. 257 cases.. XVIII. Terms of criminal sentence in England (Galton).. 243 XX. Corrected distribution of the Durchmusterung estimates......... 245 XXa. Estimates of star-magnitudes. Distribution of tenth magnitudes.. 246 XXI. Thermometric observations. Frequency of tenth degrees...... 251 XXII. Distribution of the final digit in judgments of various kinds over the number series...... XXIII. Distribution of estimates from kymograph time-records.. XXIV. Star-transits. Distributions of tenths of a second, showing l'équation decimale; Ages of the Latin dead.......... 253 254 257 XXV. Star-transits (Continued). Showing independence of l'équation decimale of practice, instrument, and voluntary correction..... 259 XXVI. Star-transits (Continued). Showing independence of l'équation decimale of the special senses.... 261 XXVII. Time and space estimations, showing number-preference and the "personal scale" ... 263 XXVIII. Guessing. Curves showing number-preferences. 266 XXIX. Guessing (Continued). Curves showing a new type of "personal scale" 269 XXX. Deviations from probability in the frequency the spots on playingcards were drawn and guessed, showing influence of mental habit. 10,000 cases XXXI. Frequency of occurrence of the respective spots in sets of 100 experiments, as drawn and as guessed. Showing distribution of mental habit among 100 reagents. XXXII. Number-preferences 270 272 273 |