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person1930–1983

Louisa Rhine

Disciplines:
parapsychology
parapsychology/esp
higher education/duke university
parapsychology/spontaneous cases

Summary

American parapsychologist and J.B. Rhine's wife and scientific collaborator — who complemented the experimental laboratory work by studying thousands of spontaneous psychic experiences reported by ordinary people, compiling the most extensive database of spontaneous psi cases.

Core Contribution

Demonstrated that psychic phenomena are not laboratory artifacts but real-world experiences reported by ordinary people across cultures — her case collection methodology established that spontaneous psi follows patterns (precognitive dreams more common than waking ESP, crisis cases most common) that make theoretical sense.

Notable Works & Achievements

Hidden Channels of the Mind

ESP in Life and Lab

Historical Influences

J.B. Rhine

Intellectual Lineage

Ohio Wesleyan Duke Parapsychology Laboratory

Contemporaries & Peers

J.B. Rhine Duke Parapsychology Lab

Minds Influenced

Parapsychology methodology Jonathan Bi

Intellectual Posterity

Hidden Channels of the Mind Spontaneous psi case methodology

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