TY - JOUR
T1 - Response to Howard (2018): Comments on ‘A Meta-Reanalysis of Dream-ESP Studies’
AU - Roe, Christopher Anthony
AU - Storm, Lance
AU - Rock, Adam
AU - Sherwood, Simon
AU - Tressoldi, Patrizio
PY - 2019/4/30
Y1 - 2019/4/30
N2 - Dream-ESP is a form of extra-sensory perception (ESP) in which a dreaming perceiver ostensibly gains information about a randomly selected target without using the normal sensory modalities or logical inference. We conducted a meta-analysis on dream-ESP studies (dating from 1966 to 2016), and found a number of significant effects indicating support for the ESP hypothesis (Storm et al., 2017). Howard (2018) critiqued our study, and found much weaker effects based on a re-analysis of our data, in which he applied inverse-variance weights to the study values. Although Howard replicated a number of our findings, his other findings can be challenged. We discuss meta-analytic approaches, including the controversial issues of publication bias and what to do with outliers, and we present some re-analyses.
AB - Dream-ESP is a form of extra-sensory perception (ESP) in which a dreaming perceiver ostensibly gains information about a randomly selected target without using the normal sensory modalities or logical inference. We conducted a meta-analysis on dream-ESP studies (dating from 1966 to 2016), and found a number of significant effects indicating support for the ESP hypothesis (Storm et al., 2017). Howard (2018) critiqued our study, and found much weaker effects based on a re-analysis of our data, in which he applied inverse-variance weights to the study values. Although Howard replicated a number of our findings, his other findings can be challenged. We discuss meta-analytic approaches, including the controversial issues of publication bias and what to do with outliers, and we present some re-analyses.
KW - Dream-ESP
KW - ESP
KW - meta-analysis
KW - psi
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/response-howard-2018-comments-metareanalysis-dreamesp-studies
U2 - 10.11588/ijodr.2019.1.59265
DO - 10.11588/ijodr.2019.1.59265
M3 - Comment/Debate
SN - 1866-7953
VL - 12
SP - 147
EP - 152
JO - International Journal of Dream Research
JF - International Journal of Dream Research
IS - 1
ER -