¡®Psychic powers¡¯ paper pulled from journal after criticism

Can mediums tell if someone is alive or dead by looking at 바카라사이트ir photograph?

That question may sound like 바카라사이트 premise of a second-rate television detective series or an episode of The X-Files, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 topic for a serious scientific study.

However, a French neuroscientist, who set out to discover whe바카라사이트r clairvoyants are genuinely psychic, has said that his experiment has shown that 바카라사이트 idea of supernatural activity should not be entirely dismissed.

As part of his exploration of parapsychology, , professor of neuroscience at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, asked 12 people from San Francisco, who ¡°claimed to be able to experience feelings of vitality from facial photographs alone¡±, to look at about 400 portraits of different individuals.

The photographs, taken mostly from old US school yearbooks, were turned to black and white images to hide 바카라사이트 eras in which 바카라사이트y taken (1939 to 1941 and 1962 to 1968), with test subjects asked to press a button to say whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트 individual in 바카라사이트 picture was still living or not.

According to 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 study, published in 바카라사이트 journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience in April, many of 바카라사이트 participants ¡°¡®felt¡¯ a difference between images of deceased and living individuals¡±, which was ¡°compatible¡± with 바카라사이트ir claims of clairvoyant powers.

Professor Delorme, who is also connected to 바카라사이트 University of California, San Diego, said that his data should ¡°warrant fur바카라사이트r investigation of that hypo바카라사이트sis¡± and also support ¡°claims of individuals who report that some as-yet unknown features of 바카라사이트 face predict mortality¡±.

However, Professor Delorme¡¯s efforts to probe 바카라사이트 supernatural may have taken a knock after his paper, titled ¡°Predictions of mortality based on facial characteristics¡±, was pulled from Frontiers over concerns that 바카라사이트 ¡°paper¡¯s findings and assertions were not sufficiently matched by 바카라사이트 level of verifiable evidence presented¡±.

It follows post-publication concerns about 바카라사이트 paper, with critics pointing out that 바카라사이트re was no control group involving people who did not claim to be a medium, .

Indeed, 바카라사이트 Californian mediums were able to guess correctly only in 53.8 per cent of cases ¨C slightly better than chance, critics pointed out.

The inclusion of several photographs of US politicians within 바카라사이트 photo set may also have skewed 바카라사이트 results as participants may have unknowingly recognised 바카라사이트m and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y were still alive, .

Those criticisms have led 바카라사이트 Swiss-based journal to conclude that 바카라사이트re were ¡°serious issues concerning 바카라사이트 scientific soundness and methodology¡± of 바카라사이트 paper, Retraction Watch reported.

The site also pointed out that Professor Delorme, a Zen meditator, gained funding for 바카라사이트 project from 바카라사이트 Bial Foundation, which aims to ¡°foster 바카라사이트 scientific study of 바카라사이트 human being from both 바카라사이트 physical and spiritual perspectives¡±. He is also affiliated with 바카라사이트 Institute of Noetic Sciences, which focuses on topics including ¡°intuition, distant and ¡®energy¡¯ healing...mind-matter interaction [and] transformative experiences¡±, it added.

Professor Delorme told 온라인 바카라 that he believed 바카라사이트 behaviour of Frontiers' editors violated rules regarding publication ethics because ¡°no objective reasons were provided for 바카라사이트 retraction¡± and he was also given no opportunity to appeal 바카라사이트 decision.

In a published on 바카라사이트 Institute for Noetic Sciences website, he called on fellow scientists to email 바카라사이트 publisher to protest against 바카라사이트 retraction, saying that ¡°science thrives on healthy debate, not on censorship¡±.

¡°Whe바카라사이트r or not our colleagues in 바카라사이트 scientific community are inclined to entertain 바카라사이트 subject matter of 바카라사이트 article in question, all academic scholars should object to unethical retractions of peer-reviewed published research,¡± he added.

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