Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants [Hardcover]

Richard Wiseman (Author), Robert L. Morris (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Are those Psychic Friends (tm) you see on late night TV really psychic, or are they just trying to get chummy with your money? Here is a straightforward book with practical and flexible guidelines for assessing the veracity of psychic claimants. Scientists, law enforcement officers, the general public and you can all benefit from the simple tests in this handbook. Put it in your shopping basket, and the next time someone claims to be your psychic buddy, you can make them prove it.

Review

The steep price of this guide may limit its acquisition to only the most dedicated with a psychic reference library; but any serious about the subject will consider this an unusual and necessary purchase. Any who claim to be psychic will appreciate these practical, flexible guidelines which help professionals test evidence of psychic abilities. Can psychics pass scientific tests? From research design to experiments, this helps answer questions. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 109 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573920282
• ISBN-13: 978-1573920285
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Wiseman is Britain's only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the psychologist most frequently quoted by the British media and his research has been featured on over 150 television programmes in the UK. He is regularly heard on Radio 4 and feature articles about his work have appeared prominently throughout the national press.