@article{Pooley_Murray_Watt_2023, title={Understanding the Factors at Play in the Sender-Receiver Dynamic During the Telepathy Ganzfeld: A Meta-Analysis}, volume={3}, url={https://journals.lub.lu.se/jaex/article/view/23878}, DOI={10.31156/jaex.23878}, abstractNote={<p><em>Objective</em>. To use meta-analysis to explore five previously uninvestigated factors related to the sender-receiver dynamic in the telepathy ganzfeld. The five factors of interest are: a) did the receiver see the sender’s room prior to the session?; b) could the sender hear the receiver during the mentation period?; c) could the sender hear the receiver during the judging period?; d) was the sender explicitly told to be silent?; and e) did the experimenter assist in the review section of the session? <em>Method</em>: Telepathy ganzfeld studies conducted post <em>Joint Communiqué</em>, with one session per day and the receivers rating the targets, were chosen. Two mixed-effects models were fit: 1) using the study hit rates as the binomial mean; and 2) using the study hit rates as a proportion. Both models have the five factors as binary moderators. <em>Results</em>: Both the binomial mean and proportion models suggest a significant effect of the moderators overall and two factors individually: 1) the sender being able to hear the receiver during the mentation period; and 2) a review period after the mentation period. Permutation tests for both models also show significant effects of the moderators and the two factors. <em>Conclusion</em>: The sender being able to hear the receiver’s mentation appears to increase overall study success, while the review period decreases overall study success</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition}, author={Pooley, Abby and Murray, Aja and Watt, Caroline}, year={2023}, month={Apr.}, pages={42–77} }