The Global Consciousness Project

 
What is the nature of Global Consciousness?

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References

This reference list provides a number of sources with relevance to the Global Consciousness Project.

For a general reference list go to Dean Radin's page of links to a rich trove of peer-reviewed work.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Tressoldi, Patrizio, (2013). List of peer-reviewed cumulative evidence, empirical and theoretical, for the Nonlocal Mind. Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova.

Radin, Dean. Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications on Psi Research. (Augmented by the link above.)

Parapsychological Association, (2011). PK on random number generators.


List of available GCP research abstracts
Links to globally-oriented sites and resources
Professional organizations, Psi research

General academic references

Bierman, D. J., (1996). Exploring correlations between local emotional and global emotional events and the behavior of a random number generator. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 363-374.

Dobyns, Y. H., and Nelson, R. D. (1997). Empirical Evidence Against Decision Augmentation Theory. PEAR Technical Note 97005, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Dunne, B. J. (1991). Co-operator Experiments with an REG Device. PEAR Technical Note 91005, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Hagelin, J. S., Orme-Johnson, D. W., Rainforth, M., Cavanaugh, K., & Alexander, C. N. (1999). Results of the National Demonstration Project to Reduce Violent Crime and Improve Governmental Effectiveness in Washington, D.C., Social Indicators Research, 47, 153-201. Describes the principal research findings of the program studying the Maharishi Effect.

Dunne B. J., Dobyns, Y. H., Jahn, R. G., Nelson, R. D. (1994). Series position effects in random event generator experiments; With an Appendix by A. M. Thompson, Serial position effects in the psychological literature. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 8, 2, pp. 197.

Dunne B. J. and Jahn, R. G. (1992). Experiments in remote human/machine interaction. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 6, pp. 311-332.

Durkheim, E. (1961). Society and individual consciousness, in T. Parsons, E. Shils, K. D. Naegele, and J. R. Pitts (Eds.), Theories of Society, vol. 2 pp. 720-724. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press.

Jahn, R. G. and Dunne, B. J., (1988). Margins of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World. New York: Harcourt Brace.

Jahn, R. G. & Dunne, B. J., (1997). Science of the subjective. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 201-224.

Jahn, R. G., Dunne, B. J., and Nelson, R. D. (1987). Engineering anomalies research. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 21-50.

Jahn, R. G., Dunne, B. J., Nelson, R. D., Dobyns, Y. H., Bradish, G. J. (1997). Correlations of random binary sequences with pre-stated operator intention: A review of a 12-year program. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 345-368.

Jahn, R. G., Nelson, R. D., Dunne, B. J. (1985). Variance Effects in REG Series Score Distributions, PEAR Technical Note 85001, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science, June 1985.

James, W. (1977). Human Immortality. Boston: Houghton- Mifflin. (Originally published 1898).

Kaufman, S. E. (1997-99). Unified Reality Theory: The Evolution of Existence Into Experience. An online book published by the author, provides an interesting perspective.

Nelson, R. D. (2006). Time-Normalized Yield: A Natural Unit for Effect Size in Anomalies Experiments, J. Scientific Exploration, 20(2), 177–199, 0892-3310/0, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton Univ. School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D. (1997a). FieldREG Measurements in Egypt: Resonant Consciousness at Sacred Sites. PEAR Technical Note 97002, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., (1997b). Multiple field REG/RNG recordings during a global event. The electronic Journal for Anomalous Phenomena (eJAP). Abstract.

Nelson, R. D., & Apostol, A., (1996). A Repeated Measures FieldREG Application: Dowsing Biolocation at Devils Tower. PEAR Internal Report 96.01, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., & Mayer, E. L., (1997). Departures from expectation in Random Event Sequences: A FieldREG Application at The Christmas Revels. PEAR Internal Report 97.01, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., Bradish, G. J., & Dobyns, Y. H. (1992). The Portable PEAR REG: Hardware and Software Documentation. PEAR Internal Document #92-1, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton, NJ.

Nelson, R. D., Bradish, G. J., Dobyns, Y. H., Dunne, B. J., Jahn, R. G. (1996). FieldREG anomalies in group situations. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 111-141.

Nelson, R. D., Bradish, G. J., Dobyns, Y. H., Dunne, B. J., Jahn, R. G. (1998). FieldREG II: Consciousness Field Effects: Replications and Explorations. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 425-454.

Nelson, R. D., Dobyns, Y. H., Dunne, B. J., & Jahn, R. G. (1991). Analysis of Variance of REG Experiments: Operator Intention, Secondary Parameters, Database Structure. PEAR Technical Note 91004, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University, School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., Jahn, R. G., Dobyns, Y. H., & Dunne, B. J. (2000). Contributions to variance in REG experiments: ANOVA models and specialized subsidiary analyses. J. Scientific Exploration, 14, 473-489.

Nelson, R. D., Ziemelis, U. O., & Cook, I. A. (1992). A Microelectronic Chip experiment: Effects of operator intention on error rates. Technical Note PEAR 92003, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton Univ. School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., Dobyns, Y. H., Dunne, B. J., & Jahn, R. G. (1991). Analysis of variance of REG experiments: Operator intention, secondary parameters, database structure. Technical Note PEAR 91004, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton Univ. School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Nelson, R. D., Dunne, B. J., & Jahn, R. G. (1984). An REG experiment with large database capability, III: Operator related anomalies. Technical Note PEAR 84003, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton Univ. School of Engineering/Applied Science.

Radin, D. I., & Nelson, R. D. (1989). Evidence for consciousness-related anomalies in random physical systems. Foundations of Physics, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 1499-1514.

Radin, D. I., Rebman, J. M., Cross, M. P. (1996). Anomalous organization of random events by group consciousness: Two exploratory experiments. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 143-168.

Radin, D. I. (1997). The Conscious Universe. San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, pp. 157-174. Radin's website offers a broad spectrum of information, including a parapsychology FAQ.

Russell, Peter (1983). The Global Brain: Speculations on the Evolutionary Leap to Planetary Consciousness. Los Angeles, J. P. Tarcher. Russell has given much attention to these issues. His old artfolio.com website provides a number of useful links, and he writes on the nature of mind on his blog.

Sheldrake, R. (1981). A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Formative Causation. Los Angeles, CA: J. P. Tarcher, Inc.

Sica, Giandomenico. (In progress) Polimetrica: The Language of Science. An Online Dictionary. of difficult terms.

Tart, C. T. (1999). The Archives of Scientists' Transcendent Experiences (TASTE). Website with brief accounts of profoundly educational experiences of scientists.

Bierman, D. J., (1997). The RetroPK Database, a meta-analysis of retroactive PK experiments. Tangential, but thought-provoking material.