Memory, emotion, and the receptive psi process.(Report)

The two-stage model of receptive psi is a reasonable starting point for understanding how ESP enters consciousness and affects behaviour. Whereas Stage 1--how ESP "gets into the system"--remains a mystery, Stage 2 is thought to involve normal cognitive processes. If evolution has conferred upon humans the ability to make use of anomalous information then it is likely to follow the pattern in which existing brain systems are adapted and enhanced to confer new advantages. Roll and Irwin have proposed memory as a candidate for one such brain system co-opted for service with ESP. This paper proposes that the emotional system also plays a role in receptive psi, perhaps an even more fundamental ...

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