Failure to Replicate an Electrical PK Experiment

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://doi.org/10.30891/jopar.2019.01.06" target="_blank" >http://doi.org/10.30891/jopar.2019.01.06</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Failure to Replicate an Electrical PK Experiment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The objective of this article is to describe an attempt to replicate the phenomena of alleged bodily magnetism as described in the book by the leading figure of Czechoslovak parapsychology Břetislav Kafka (*1891 +1967). In his book, in addition to experiments focused on hypnotic phenomena in therapeutic practice, he describes one experiment that is the focal point of this essay. It describes the alleged phenomena of bodily magnetism, which causes the illumination of a light bulb without connection to electrical power. The bulb is held in one hand as the fingers of the other hand are waved over the bulb. According to Kafka’s claims, this act of illumination should be possible for every second or third person. The author of this article has repeated this experiment with students from the Experimental Psychology seminar at the University of Ostrava, with negative results. Following modification of the conditions to match the historic reality, the author was ultimately able to successfully repeat this experiment with illumination other than bodily magnetism.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Failure to Replicate an Electrical PK Experiment

Popis výsledku anglicky

The objective of this article is to describe an attempt to replicate the phenomena of alleged bodily magnetism as described in the book by the leading figure of Czechoslovak parapsychology Břetislav Kafka (*1891 +1967). In his book, in addition to experiments focused on hypnotic phenomena in therapeutic practice, he describes one experiment that is the focal point of this essay. It describes the alleged phenomena of bodily magnetism, which causes the illumination of a light bulb without connection to electrical power. The bulb is held in one hand as the fingers of the other hand are waved over the bulb. According to Kafka’s claims, this act of illumination should be possible for every second or third person. The author of this article has repeated this experiment with students from the Experimental Psychology seminar at the University of Ostrava, with negative results. Following modification of the conditions to match the historic reality, the author was ultimately able to successfully repeat this experiment with illumination other than bodily magnetism.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Parapsychology

ISSN

0022-3387

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

83

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

79-88

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85069673941