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Presentiment: unconscious physiological responses before unpredictable stimuli
- Type
- Study
- By
- Dean Radin and Dick Bierman
- Journal
- Journal of Scientific Exploration
- Source
- Journal of Scientific Exploration
- Published
- 1997
Experiments claiming the body shows a measurable reaction a second or two before an unpredictable emotional image appears.
The meaning
Meta-analyses of presentiment studies report a small but real effect, and the design is simple enough that believers see it as the cleanest evidence for a mind that reaches forward in time.
The skeptic
The effects are small and disputed, and critics argue subtle timing and analysis choices could produce them without any precognition.
About the research
Radin at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Bierman at the University of Amsterdam, studying whether the body reacts before an unpredictable event.
Key takeaways
- Claims physiology reacts before an unpredictable stimulus.
- Meta-analyses report a small effect; methodology is contested.
- The most-cited modern evidence for backward-in-time effects.