Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

Q

quantum mechanics

alternative medicine and

parapsychology and

R

Rand, Tamara

Randi, James

dowsing study

on faith healers

on Geller

on Nature study team

Project Alpha created by

Resch investigation

therapeutic touch study

random event studies

reaction formation

reaction time studies

Reagan assassination attempt, predicted

rebirthing

recovered memories

disastrous results of

of sexual abuse

through guided imagery

through hypnosis

unreliability of

regression to the mean, therapeutic efficacy and

Reich, Wilhelm

reincarnation

hoaxes

hypnosis and

linguistic investigations

relics

religion, spiritualism attacked by

remote viewing experiments

procedure

transcripts

replication

cold fusion attempts

failures in parapsychological studies

failures in Rhine studies

importance of

repression

infant amnesia theory

lack of evidence for

studies validating

See also recovered memories

Resch, Tina, poltergeist hoax

retrieval cues, for dreams

Rhine, J. B.

Rhine studies

procedural flaws

replication failures

rhythms, biological

variability

See also biorhythm theory

Richard, Albion

Rines, Robert

risk ratios

Rivera, Geraldo

Robbins, Tony

Robertson, Morgan

Robertson, Pat

Rogers, Martha

Rogo, Scott

Roll, William

Roman Catholic Church, on Lourdes miracles

Rorschach tests

Rosa study

Roswell incident

S

Samisdat

Santa Claus

sasquatch

Satanic Panic. See also McMartin Preschool case

Schacter, Daniel

Schiaparelli, Giovanni

schizophrenia

Schmidt, Helmut

Schmidt, Steven

science

burden of proof

change inherent in

junk

legal system and

pseudoscience with

replication importance

responsibility of toward pseudoscience

specialization, working outside

Science Digest (magazine), UFO photos in

science fiction, abduction themes in