In Memoriam: Robert Rosenthal (1933-2024),

Affable Giant of Psychology and Champion of Honest Science

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https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.26221

Keywords:

Robert Rosenthal, meta-analysis, anomalous cognition, parapsychology, ganzfeld

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Author Biography

Etzel Cardeña, Lund University

Etzel Cardeña was born and raised in México. He has been elected Fellow of APS and APA, among other organizations, and holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University, Sweden, where he leads the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP). His areas of research include alterations of consciousness and anomalous experiences (including psi), dissociative processes and posttraumatic reactions, the neurophenomenology of hypnosis and transcendent experiences, and the stream of consciousness during waking and altered states. His Ph. D. is from the University of California, Davis (under Charles Tart) and he was a postdoctoral fellow and scholar resident at Stanford University. He has more than 400 publications, some in top journals in psychology and related disciplines such as American Journal of Psychiatry,  American Psychologist, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, and others. Various professional organizations have given him awards for his research, theoretical, historical, and pedagogical work. He was the Founding Editor of Mindfield, Past Editor of Journal of Parapsychology, and Senior Editor of the books Varieties of Anomalous Experiences, Altering Consciousness, and Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century. He has also worked professionally as a theatre director, actor, and playwright.

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2024-06-05

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Cardeña, E. (2024). In Memoriam: Robert Rosenthal (1933-2024), : Affable Giant of Psychology and Champion of Honest Science. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 4(1), 13–15. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.26221

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024)

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Invited papers

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