Remote Viewing: a 1974-2022 systematic review and meta-analysis
Patrizio Emmanuele Tressoldi, Debra Lynne Katz
March 19, 2023 preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/r9yw5 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Meta-analysis |
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| Key findings | The meta-analysis reports a mean effect size of 0.34 (95% CI 0.22–0.45) across 36 remote-viewing studies, corresponding to a 19.3% hits difference above chance, with no publication bias and a minimal decline effect. The authors argue that remote viewing is the most efficient extrasensory perception protocol for experimental and practical applications. |
Abstract
This is the first meta-analysis of all studies related to remote-viewing tasks conducted up to December 2022. After applying our inclusion criteria, we selected 36 studies with a total of 40 effect sizes.Both frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyses revealed a strong average effect size of .34; 95% confidence interval: .22 -.45, after the exclusion of outliers, without signs of publication bias and a minimal decline effect. In the raw scores, these average results correspond to a difference in hits score of 19.3%; 95% confidence intervals:13.6%–25%, above the expected chance.Among the meta-analyses of moderators, a small nonstatistical difference emerged between the precognitive and clairvoyance tasks, particularly for those with an outbound agent. A comparison among meta-analyses results observed with other experimental protocols testing extrasensory perception showed the clear superiority of remote viewing. After more than 50 years of investigation into extrasensory perception, remote-viewing experimental protocols appear to be the most efficient for both experimental and practical applications.