Keep a window on the field.
A bulletin carrying discussion, research-community news and articles about unusual experiences. Browse its open-access material and follow the references behind an interesting story.
Read the guideGo to the research, not the rumour.
A journal covering experimental, theoretical, historical and methodological work on anomalous experiences. Its contents provide a route from a popular claim to a research paper.
Academy reading guide · Source reviewed
Why it is on the Academy shelfA question worth
A question worth
spending time with.
Choose one paper and separate its question, method, result and interpretation. Follow references and read criticism as well as supportive accounts.
Put the source in context
Peer review is a quality-control process, not proof that a finding is true. Claims in psychical research remain contested and need independent scrutiny.
A note for your journal
What did this study measure, and is that the same thing the headline says it measured?
Academy discussion prompt · not a quotation from the author.
Write your first response in your own words. Add what you observed, what you inferred and what could change your interpretation. Keep identifying details about other people out of shared notes.
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