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DOI
10.24972/ijts.2012.31.1.49
Abstract
Neurobiological advances have resulted in growing interest in many psychological phenomena
heretofore resistant to scientific scrutiny, including within transpersonal psychology and
parapsychology. These advances perhaps can resolve longstanding tensions between these
two psychological subdisciplines, which have generally been treated as disparate. To
implement such a rapprochement requires more than just additional empirical findings,
as theoretical development is also needed. Consequently, we identify some important
theoretical problems, such as conventional assumptions about scientific naturalism and
materialism that potentially undermine substantive advances in further understanding
such phenomena through neurobiology. We also discuss links between parapsychology and
transpersonal psychology that can be forged through neurobiology (e.g., identifying specific
brain regions that can serve as candidates for future investigations in parapsychology and
transpersonal psychology).
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Recommended Citation
MacDonald, D. A., & Friedman, H. L. (2012). MacDonald, D. A., & Friedman, H. L. (2012). Transpersonal psychology, parapsychology, and neurobiology: Clarifying their relations. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 31(1), 49–60.. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 31 (1). https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2012.31.1.49