Thursday, August 22, 2024 |
16:00 - 19:00 | ExpoPsi | NH Collection Paseo Montejo, Mérida – "Yucatán" Room Hosted by UPIDE |
19:00 - 22:00 | Reception | NH Collection Paseo Montejo, Mérida – Roof Garden |
Friday, August 23, 2024 |
9:00 | Welcome & Opening Announcements | Erika Annabelle Pratte & Ramsés D’León |
9:15 | Session 1: Experimental Parapsychology and Psi Studies | Eric Dullin: Macro-PK Experiments - New Results in Confined Mode and Observation of a Learning Curve |
9:45 | | James McClenon: Online Group PK Experiments: Recent Results and Hypothesis Testing |
10:15 | | Álex Escolà-Gascón: Beyond Chance: Demonstration of a New Mathematical Estimator for Psi Phenomena |
10:30 | Coffee Break | - |
11:00 | Session 2: Consciousness and ESP | Helané Wahbeh: The Noetic Signature Inventory Norms and Patterns |
11:30 | | Nili Bar: Direct Vision: A Research Program Exploring Extra-Ocular Vision in Children |
12:00 | Group Picture | - |
12:15 | Lunch Break | - |
13:45 | Session 3: ExEs and Cognitive Studies | Philip J. Cozzolino: Parental Encouragement and Suppression of a Child’s Past-Life Memories |
14:15 | | John Kruth: Aphantasia, Imagery Vividness, and Exceptional Experiences |
14:30 | | Rodrigo Arriola: From Brain Waves to Seismic Beats: A Proposal for Studying Anticipatory Physiological Activity Through Earthquake-Related Stimuli |
14:45 | Coffee Break | - |
15:15 | | Marieta Pehlivanova: Cognitive Styles and Psi: Psi Researchers Are More Similar to Skeptics Than to Lay Believers |
15:45 | | Javier Martínez: Information Dynamics in Anomalous Phenomena |
16:15 | | Gerhard Mayer: German Ghosthunters – Results of an Online Survey |
16:30 | Dinner Break | - |
18:30-21:30 | Presidential Address – Autonomous University of Yucatán | Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: TBD |
Saturday, August 24, 2024 |
9:15 | Opening Remarks | - |
9:30 | Session 4: Quantitative and Neurological Approaches | Arnaud Delorme: Using Online Tasks to Test the Robustness of Intuitive Abilities |
9:45 | | John Kruth: Subtle Energies, Photons, and Physiology |
10:15 | Coffee Break | - |
10:45 | | David Acunzo: The Return of a High Performing Psi Participant: Behavioral Results of an ESP Task with EEG |
11:00 | | Ramsés D'León & Eros Quintero: Replication of Jacobo Grinberg’s Transferred Potential Through Electroencephalography |
11:30 | | Marina Weiler: Investigating the Accuracy of Perceptions During Out-of-Body Experiences |
11:45 | Lunch Break | - |
13:15 | Session 5: Exploring Subjective Experiences | Erika Annabelle Pratte: Schmeidler Outstanding Student Award Address - Supporting the NDEr: What Mental Health Professionals Should Know |
13:45 | | Eric Dullin: An Online Repository of Poltergeist Cases with Their Phenomenology |
14:15 | Coffee Break | - |
14:45 | Session 6: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives on Psi | Wolfgang Fach: Exceptional Experiences as Phenomenological and Empirical Evidence for Dual-Aspect Monism |
15:15 | | Alex A. Álvarez: Is Psi Rooted in Biology? A Theoretical Proposal Based on Consilience |
15:45 | | Thomas Brophy: Penrose’s Neo-Platonic Ontology of Consciousness as a Foundation for Science of Parapsychology |
16:00 | | Wolfgang Fach: Exceptional Experiences and Bonding Styles: A Pilot Study |
16:15 | | Simon Duan: Computer Simulation of PK |
16:30 | Break | - |
18:30-22:00 | J. B. Rhine Address – Yucatec Gastronomic Museum | Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: Introducing the J. B. Rhine Speaker Nuria Ciofalo: Indigenous Psychologies from Cem Anahuac (Mesoamerica) |
Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
9:45 | Opening Remarks | - |
10:00 | Session 7: Mediumship and Séance Studies | Jorge Villanueva: Are My Deceased Loved Ones Still with Me?: Mourning and Hope in Mediumistic Practices |
10:30 | | Taylor Robinson: Mediumship and Mental Boundaries with Voice Hearing Phenomenon |
10:45 | Coffee Break | - |
11:15 | | Gerhard Mayer: Psi as a Threat – The Poltergeist Case of Carol Compton |
11:45 | | Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualist Séances and Sitter Groups: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Discussion of Psychological Hypotheses |
12:15 | Closing Remarks & the PA Annual General Meeting | Erika Annabelle Pratte & Ramsés D’León |
13:15 | Lunch Break | - |
15:15-23:00 | Celestum Beach Field Trip & Dinner | - |
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