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Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory

2004

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 007 - Prestimulus response in the sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
      - Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-007
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 16/2004
Title:	007 - Prestimulus response in the sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
Duration:	2005-01 - 2008-04
Researcher(s):	Edwin May
Institution(s):	Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Palo Alto (USA)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report Article
Language:	eng
Author:	May, E. C.
Number of reproductions:	2
Keywords:	Parapsychology / Extrasensory perception (ESP) / Presentiment

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-007.03
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 16/2004
Title:	Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory
Publication year:	2004
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Two recent skin conductance response studies have provided significant evidence of an effect. In both studies, the dependent variable was a proportion difference between prestimulus intervals prior to acoustic stimuli and prior to controls that contained a fully-formed non-specific skin conductance response (ns-SCR). The null hypothesis was that the proportion difference should be zero. Both studies showed significant non-zero proportion differences. These studies have been examined with regard to two competing hypotheses for a possible mechanism. A physiological hypothesis suggests that individuals respond in advance to randomly determined future startle stimuli. A second hypothesis suggests that the participants are simply a source of random ns-SCR?s that are not due to any overt stimuli and that the observed effects arises because of the experimenters? psi. That is, Decision Augmentation Theory (DAT) holds, in this context, that the experimenters bias their decisions to initiate an experimental run such that the proportion difference will be large and thus mimic a physiological response. Circumstantial evidence against a physiology hypothesis include: the rare anticipatory response to either an acoustic stimulus or a control is independent of stimulus position; previously certified laboratory psi participants did not perform better then unselected participants; and participants who show no or very few ns-SCR?s (i.e., zombies) do not show anticipatory effects at all. Quantitative analyses do favor a DAT hypothesis. DAT predicts and the data significantly confirm that the ns-SCR rate prior to formal controls will be less than that measured far from any stimuli (i.e., background rate). Additionally, DAT predicts and the data confirm a square root dependency of Z-score versus lability (i.e., the probability of a ns-SCR in a 3.5-second period). The circumstantial arguments taken together with two different types of quantitative results provide the best possible evidence in support of a DAT mechanism that can be obtained retrospectively. A prospective study, however, is needed settle the issue, formally.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	May, E. C.
Document type:	Conference paper
Number of reproductions:	2
Reference:	May, E. C. (2004). Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory. In Proceedings of Presented Papers of the 47th Parapsychological Association Convention. Vienna (pp. 113-119).
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Parapsychology / Telepathy / Skin conductance response (SCR)
Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory

Document

Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory

2005

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 007 - Prestimulus response in the sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
      - Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-007
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 16/2004
Title:	007 - Prestimulus response in the sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
Duration:	2005-01 - 2008-04
Researcher(s):	Edwin May
Institution(s):	Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Palo Alto (USA)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report Article
Language:	eng
Author:	May, E. C.
Number of reproductions:	2
Keywords:	Parapsychology / Extrasensory perception (ESP) / Presentiment

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-007.05
Title:	Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory
Publication year:	2005
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	May, E. C.
Document type:	Abstract
Number of reproductions:	2
Reference:	May, E. C. (2004). Anticipatory skin conductance responses: A possible example of decision augmentation theory. Journal of Parapsychology, 69(1), 32-33.
Indexed document:	Yes
Keywords:	Telepathy / Skin conductance response (SCR)