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'''Caroline Watt''' is a [[parapsychologist]] and [[psychologist]].<ref name=Caroline>{{cite web|url=http://www.parapsych.org/users/cwatt2/profile.aspx|title=Dr. Caroline Watt|work=Parapsychological Association}}</ref> She is a founding member of the [[University of Edinburgh]]'s [[Koestler Parapsychology Unit]], which she was recruited as a research assistant for in 1986, and she worked there until 2006, when she was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at [[Edinburgh University]].<ref name=Caroline/> She has also been [[Perrott-Warrick Fund|Perrot-Warrick]] Senior Researcher since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/view.php?name=caroline-watt|title=Index : Psychology|work=ed.ac.uk}}</ref> She |
'''Caroline Watt''' (born 1962) is a Scottish [[parapsychologist]] and [[psychologist]].<ref name=Caroline>{{cite web|url=http://www.parapsych.org/users/cwatt2/profile.aspx|title=Dr. Caroline Watt|work=Parapsychological Association}}</ref><ref name=Koestler>[http://www.koestler-parapsychology.psy.ed.ac.uk/cwatt/biog.html "Biography for Caroline Watt"].</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Watt was born in Perthshire, Scotland. She is a founding member of the [[University of Edinburgh]]'s [[Koestler Parapsychology Unit]], which she was recruited as a research assistant for in 1986, and she worked there until 2006, when she was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at [[Edinburgh University]].<ref name=Caroline/> She has also been [[Perrott-Warrick Fund|Perrot-Warrick]] Senior Researcher since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/view.php?name=caroline-watt|title=Index : Psychology|work=ed.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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She obtained a PhD in psychology, supervised by the parapsychologist [[Robert L. Morris]].<ref name=Koestler/> |
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She has coauthored the fifth edition of “An Introduction to Parapsychology,” which as of 2010 was the most frequently adopted text by those presenting academic courses on parapsychology and [[anomalistic psychology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/a_skeptic_gets_schooled_an_introduction_to_parapsychology|title=A Skeptic Gets Schooled: An Introduction to Parapsychology|work=csicop.org}}</ref> |
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==Near-death studies== |
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In neuroscientist Dean Mobbs in the journal ''Trends in Cognitive Sciences'' |
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In regards to [[Sam Parnia]]'s near-death research, she stated, "The one ‘verifiable period of conscious awareness’ that Parnia was able to report did not relate to this objective test. Rather, it was a patient giving a supposedly accurate report of events during his resuscitation. He didn’t identify the pictures, he described the defibrillator machine noise. But that’s not very impressive since many people know what goes on in an emergency room setting from seeing recreations on television."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/10/one-not-too-impressive-study-does-not-prove-life-after-death|title=One not too impressive study does not prove life after death|work=Doubtful News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.randi.org/swift/no-this-study-is-not-evidence-for-life-after-death|title=No, this study is not evidence for "life after death" |work=James Randi Educational Foundation}}</ref> |
In regards to [[Sam Parnia]]'s near-death research, she stated, "The one ‘verifiable period of conscious awareness’ that Parnia was able to report did not relate to this objective test. Rather, it was a patient giving a supposedly accurate report of events during his resuscitation. He didn’t identify the pictures, he described the defibrillator machine noise. But that’s not very impressive since many people know what goes on in an emergency room setting from seeing recreations on television."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/10/one-not-too-impressive-study-does-not-prove-life-after-death|title=One not too impressive study does not prove life after death|work=Doubtful News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.randi.org/swift/no-this-study-is-not-evidence-for-life-after-death|title=No, this study is not evidence for "life after death" |work=James Randi Educational Foundation}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:11, 18 April 2015
Caroline Watt (born 1962) is a Scottish parapsychologist and psychologist.[1][2]
Biography
Watt was born in Perthshire, Scotland. She is a founding member of the University of Edinburgh's Koestler Parapsychology Unit, which she was recruited as a research assistant for in 1986, and she worked there until 2006, when she was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Edinburgh University.[1] She has also been Perrot-Warrick Senior Researcher since 2010.[3]
She obtained a PhD in psychology, supervised by the parapsychologist Robert L. Morris.[2]
She has coauthored the fifth edition of “An Introduction to Parapsychology,” which as of 2010 was the most frequently adopted text by those presenting academic courses on parapsychology and anomalistic psychology.[4]
Near-death studies
In neuroscientist Dean Mobbs in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences
In regards to Sam Parnia's near-death research, she stated, "The one ‘verifiable period of conscious awareness’ that Parnia was able to report did not relate to this objective test. Rather, it was a patient giving a supposedly accurate report of events during his resuscitation. He didn’t identify the pictures, he described the defibrillator machine noise. But that’s not very impressive since many people know what goes on in an emergency room setting from seeing recreations on television."[5][6]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Dr. Caroline Watt". Parapsychological Association.
- ^ a b "Biography for Caroline Watt".
- ^ "Index : Psychology". ed.ac.uk.
- ^ "A Skeptic Gets Schooled: An Introduction to Parapsychology". csicop.org.
- ^ "One not too impressive study does not prove life after death". Doubtful News.
- ^ "No, this study is not evidence for "life after death"". James Randi Educational Foundation.
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