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      FRNM Looks Bookish but Speaks Volumes
           For months we wondered why Dr. Sally Ann Drucker,
      Bulletin editor, prowled around the FRNM library,
      checked through back issues of journals, and muttered
      to herself.
           We now know the reason. In December, Scarecrow
      Press Pese,7rch w;M Chi!-
      dren: An Annotated Bibliography, coauthored by Dr.
      Drucker and Ms. Athena A. Drewes.
           The team of Drewes and Drucker began when both
      were affiliated with Malmonides Medical Center's Divi-
      sion of Parapsychology and Psychophysics. In several
      experiments, they tested children using rn & m candies
      for "Immediate feedback." Through this work, published
      in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Re-
      search, Research in Parapsychology, and elsewhere, they
      realized the need for an annotated bibliography on
      children's psi.
           Their book contains sections on Clairvoyance, Telep-
      athy, Precognition, Psychokinesis, Poltergeists/RSPK,
      and Reincarnation, with a total of 463 entries. It also
      includes the full versions of papers from the "Parapsy-
      chology and Children" panel presented at the 1990 PA
      Convention. Drs. Palmer and Kanthamani are other
      FRNM contributors to the volume, which can be ordered
      directly from FRNM.
           Its arrival follows Ballantine's fall publication of Para-
      psychology.- ne Controversial Science, by Dr. Richard
      Dr. Drucker presents book to Dr. Rao for FRNM library.
      Broughton (see Fall 1991 Bulletin). His book was recently
      selected for the Quality Paperback Book Club and our
      phones continue to ring with requests for Dr.
      Broughton's media appearances. The first week of Feb-
      ruary, he appeared daily on Greensboro's WFMY-TV
      Good Morning Show. Mr. Lee Kinard, the producer/host,
      had filmed TV documentaries of the Rhines in the 1960s.
      Dr. Broughton's book can also be ordered directly from
      FRNM.
      International Visitors Put FRNM on Their Maps
      by Kathy Dalton
           FRNM's international appeal recently brought us vis-
      itors from Japan, the Ukraine, and Iceland.
           In November, the Japanese Broadcasting Company
      informally interviewed Dr. Richard Broughton. One of
      the producers, Ms. Hiroko Haruta, was researching pre-
      liminary sites for a program dealing with paradigm shifts,
      to be filmed later this year. Dr. Broughton, who recently
      published Parapsychology: The Controversial Science,
      provided Ms. Harutawith information on FRNM's current
      research and background material on a wide range of
      parapsychological topics. The producers felt that the
      field of parapsychology could be viewed as an example
      of a paradigm shift in science.
           In early December, another Japanese film crew vis-
      ited FRNM, this one eager to demonstrate to Japanese
      audiences how American scientists conduct parapsy-
      chological research, and in particular, how FRNM orients
      its research program. Ms. Michiyo Yamamoto, a pro-
      gram director with Japan TelevigM T'W6__rks_h_oW, spent a
      day at FRNM with her TV crew, filming for a program on
      precognition to be aired in Japan in late December. Dr.
      Broughton demonstrated the computerized methods for
      testing psycholdnesis as well as explained and demon-
      strated the computerized game, "ESPerciser." Dr.

      
      Kanthamani described FRNM's ganzfeld procedures and
      conducted an informal ganzfeld trial that had excellent
      results. Both Drs. Broughton and Kanthamani were in-
      terviewed concerning methodology and research at
      other labs in the U.S. and abroad.
                                    Dr. Yuri Petushkov came to us for several days in
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           November fro? ~ie kraine's Biosensory Nontraditional
           Technologies research center. His staff includes experts
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      in physics, biophysics, n euro physiology, biology, and
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      psychology. They have been studying electromagnetic
      properties of the brain, working from the assumption
      that the subiect's visualization of a result creates inter-
      nal electromagnetic chan~_e_s that can interact with the
      external environment He described suc-cessfu=r sults
      in changing the molecular structures of copper and
      blood samples.
           In late December, FRNM received a visit from Dr.
      Eriendur Haraldsson of the University of Iceland in
      Reykjavik, Iceland, a FRNM researcher from 1969-1970.
      At our weekly research meeting, Dr. Haraldsson pre-
      sented an update on his experiments using the Defense
      Mechanism Test. Dr. Haraldsson's visit gave FRNMites
      the opportunity to catch up with an old friend and with
      research taking place at other facilities. We look forward
      to his next visit.
      Membership in the FRNM Association provides dis-
      counts on books, a free subscription to theJournal of
      Parapsychology and the FRNM Bulletin, and more.
      Membership dues are only $50.00 annually. For more
      information write to FRNM.
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