Examples of Anomalous Cognition

The following two examples are taken from the same series in which receiver 372 was targeted upon a beacon person who was known to him. The targets were chosen randomly from a set of 75 possible locations within 50 Km of the CSL laboratory. Both R-372 and the monitor were blind to the specific target choice and the series of 12 trials produced a statistically significant effect size of 0.710 +/- 0.289 (p = 0.007). It should be emphasized that the photographs were pre-defined as part of the target pool definition.

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The Baylands Nature Preserve is approximately 5 Km from Palo Alto and is adjacent to the San Francisco bay. A beacon person was instructed to stand on the raised walk-way and focus upon the building. During the session, R-372 commented: the site was near flat water; located at the edge of water; building constructed with lots of poles; something like a fence but is not a fence; stand-alone, isolated structure; the site is very open and very airy.

Pete's Harbor Restaurant is approximately 8 Km from the laboratory and is adjacent to a small boat dock. A beacon person was instructed to stand in the parking lot and focus upon the structure. R-372 drew a building with front stairs and said that it was a single brown structure, next to the edge of water with boats and a parking lot. In this case R-372 was asked, before obtaining the answer, to estimate the likelihood of success. Although successful in this estimate, we find that receivers provide among the worst a priori assessment of their own performance.

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