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Varieties of anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence.

American Psychological Association eBooks 2000 DOI: 10.1037/10371-000 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Edited volume or review Peer reviewed
Keywords Scientific evidence Epistemology
Citations 357
Key findings Anomalous experiences are common, diverse, and not necessarily signs of psychopathology; they require careful conceptual and methodological study across disciplines.

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Contributors Acknowledgments I. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations Introduction: Anomalous Experiences in Perspective, Etzel Cardena, Steven Jay Lynn, and Stanley Krippner Researching States of Consciousness and Anomalous Experiences, Etzel Cardena and Ronald J. Pekala Anomalous Experiences, Peculiarity, and Psychopathology, John G. Kerns, Nicole Karcher, Chitra Raghavan, and Howard Berenbaum II. Anomalous Experiences Synesthesia: A Teeming Multiplicity, Lawrence E. Marks Hallucinatory Experiences, Richard P. Bentall Lucid Dreaming: Paradoxes of Dreaming Consciousness, Stephen LaBerge Anomalous Self and Identity Experiences, Etzel Cardena and Carlos S. Alvarado Alien Abduction Experiences, Stuart Appelle, Steven Jay Lynn, Leonard Newman, and Anne Malaktaris Psi-Related Experiences, Caroline Watt and Ian Tierney Anomalous Healing Experiences, Stanley Krippner and Jeanne Achterberg Past-Life Experiences, Antonia Mills and Jim B. Tucker Near-Death Experiences, Bruce Greyson Mystical Experience, David M. Wulff Anomalous Experiences: An Integrative Summary, Etzel Cardena, Stanley Krippner, and Steven Jay Lynn Index