Give an unfamiliar idea some context.
A specialist reference project introducing subjects, people and debates in psychical research. Useful for finding terminology and a bibliography before following a claim further.
Read the guideLearn to read beyond the headline.
An accessible guide to research papers: how a study was designed, what was measured, how results were analysed and what its conclusions can support.
Academy reading guide · Source reviewed
Why it is on the Academy shelfA question worth
A question worth
spending time with.
Apply the same questions when reading a claim about intuition, healing or consciousness. Look for a comparison group, a clear outcome and independent replication.
Put the source in context
A guide to evaluating studies, not an endorsement of any particular psychic or spiritual claim.
A note for your journal
What would I need to see before accepting this result, and what finding would change my mind?
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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