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DocumentThe CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators2008

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: 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-2004-140
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 7/2004
Title:
140 - The CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators
Duration: 2005-02 - 2006-10
Researcher(s):
Mario Varvoglis, Jean-Philipe Basuyaux, Pierre Macias
Institution(s): Institut Métapsychique International, Paris (France)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Financial report and expenditure documents
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Varvoglis, M.
Secondary author(s):
Basuyaux, J.-P., Macias, P.
Number of reproductions:
2
Keywords:
Parapsychology / Psychokinesis (PK) / Field consciousness

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2004-140.02
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 7/2004
Title:
The CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators
Publication year: 2008
URL:
http://www.bial.com/imagem/Actas_7Simp.pdf
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
This study builds upon previous research with hardware Random-Event-Generators (REGs), which suggests that the simultaneous focus of many individuals upon an emotionally charged event can provoke anomalous statistical fluctuations in the REGs. If validated, such results may point to a collective, tacit form of PK that affects objects in an indiscriminate, field-like manner, independently of anyone’s intentions vis-à-vis those objects. Alternatively, however, the data may simply point to psi-mediated experimenter effects which are, by definition, goal-oriented.
OBJECTIVE:
The CinEgg study sought to assess the hypothesis of fieldlike PK, by running concealed field-REGs in movie theatres, and determining whether REG outputs fluctuate in relation to the film’s “intensity”, i.e. in relation to its impact upon movie-goers.
METHOD:
The basic protocol involved two steps: Film evaluation: a judge watched the target film and, using a time-coding program, parsed the film into intense vs. neutral periods.
Data sampling: the field-REG was placed in the movie theatre for several weeks, and, unknown to spectators, was sampled over the course of many film seances. Control data were collected from the field-REG when the movie theatre was closed, and from a second, off-site REG.
Hypotheses: To explore whether REGs “react” to the emotional or attentional fluctuations of spectators watching a film, two predictions were made, :
1. REG datasets corresponding specifically to intense film sequences would show significant departures from randomness in terms of mean and variance.
2. REG datasets, synchronized across multiple sessions of a given film, would be correlated.
RESULTS:
Usable data were collected for three films, with 15-25 sessions per film. No significant shifts were observed in REG means and variance for either experimental or control conditions, and no significant correlations were obtained between field REG outputs when comparing across synchronized film sessions.
CONCLUSION:
Among other possibilities, these null results may suggest that:
a. fieldlike PK does not exist
b. given the effect size associated with field-REG research, the study may have lacked adequate statistical power to detect patterns in the data
c. the emotional intensity of an experience triggered by a film is not comparable to what happens in “real life”, and thus cannot induce detectable field-REG effects.
Accessibility: Document does not exist in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Varvoglis, M.
Secondary author(s):
Basuyaux, J.-P., Macias, P.
Document type:
Conference abstract
Number of reproductions:
2
Reference:
Varvoglis, M., Basuyaux, J.-P., & Macias, P. (2008). The CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators. In Aquém e além do cérebro. Behind and beyond the brain. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium of Fundação Bial. Porto: Fundação Bial.
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Psi / Random event generator (REG) / Field REG (Random-event generator) / Psychokinesis (PK)

The CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators

The CinEgg project: Assessing the relationship between group consciousness and Random Event Generators