Study & Research The Paranormal

This Study Guide consists of approximately 195 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Paranormal.
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Study & Research The Paranormal

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Dean Radin

There is evidence that suggests that humans have an ability to predict the future, maintains Dean Radin in the following viewpoint. According to Radin, scientific experiments have revealed that many people have an intuitive recognition, or “gut feeling,” before something bad happens. These experiments entailed measuring several individuals’ skin resistance and blood flow before, during, and after they were shown a series of photographs. Researchers found that people often physiologically react to a shocking or emotional picture before they actually see it. These physical responses are not discernable to the perceivers, Radin points out, suggesting that this “sixth sense” generally operates at an unconscious level. Radin, a parapsychologist and researcher, is president of the Boundary Institute, a nonprofit scientific research institute in Los Altos, California.

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