----- Original Message -----
From: "Armedia - Raymond M. Smit" <raymond@...>
To: <PSI_research@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [PSIRG] Re: Virtual reality puts telepathy to the
test


> Interesting. Thanks for the link. BTW, it's not ganzfeld. I
> wonder how they will 'prepare' the receiver. Does anybody know
> more about the setup of this experiment? Does the receiver see
> all 4 objects as soon as the transmitter sees the one object;
> or does the transmitter transmit for some time while the
> receiver sees something like a star-field. (That would make it
> ganzfeld though.) I would like to know more.

Only this, from the original article -

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/pressreleases/telepathy/
>The system was designed by Dr Craig Murray of the School of
>Psychological Sciences, and implemented by Toby Howard and Dr
>Fabrice Caillette, from the School of Computer Science.
>Dr Toby Howard said: "This system has been designed to overcome
>the many pitfalls evident in previous studies which could easily
>be manipulated by participants to produce an effect which looks
>like telepathy but is not.>
"By creating a virtual environment we are creating a completely
objective environment which makes it impossible for participants
to leave signals or even unconscious clues as to which object
they have chosen."
>The system has been designed to make the task as realistic as
>possible. In addition to selecting objects and hearing the
>sounds they make, participants are able to hold and move them
>within the virtual environment.
>Project researcher David Wilde, of the School of Psychological
>Sciences, said: "By using this technology we aim to provide the
>most objective study of telepathy to date. Our aim is not to
>prove or disprove its existence but to create an experimental
>method which stands up to scientific scrutiny."
>The results of the experiment are expected to be published early
>in 2007.
>For further information:
>Simon Hunter, Media Relations Officer, University of Manchester,
>telephone: 0161 2758387 or email: simon.hunter@...
>Notes to Editors:
>The School of Computer Science is part of the University of
>Manchester's Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
>The School of Psychological Sciences Faculty is part of the
>University of Manchester's Faculty of Medical and Human
>Sciences.

cheers
Ray D