This is a selected list of recent, peer-reviewed journal articles on various noetic topics related to things mentioned in the book, The Lost Symbol, that have been authored or co-authored by IONS staff scientists. They include such phenomena as perception through time, distant healing, interconnectedness, consciousness and health, individual and collective intention in the physical world, and transformation of consciousness.
Perception Through Time
- Intuition through time: what does the seer see?
Radin D, Borges A. Explore, 2009 Jul-Aug;5(4):200-11. - Toward understanding the pacebo effect: investigating a possible retrocausal factor
Radin D, Lobach E. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Sep;13(7):733-39. - Electrodermal presentiments of future emotions
Radin, D. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 253–273, 2004.
Distant Healing Intention and Distant Physiological Connectedness
- Compassionate intention as a therapeutic intervention by partners of cancer patients: effects of distant intention on the patients' autonomic nervous system
Radin D, Stone J, Levine E, Eskandarnejad S, Schlitz M, Kozak L, Mandel D, Hayssen G. Explore. 2008 Jul-Aug;4(4):235-43. - Of two minds: Sceptic-proponent collaboration within parapsychology
Schlitz M, Wiseman R, Watt C, Radin D. Br J Psychol. 2006 Aug;97(Pt 3):313-22. - Gut feelings, intuition, and emotions: an exploratory study
Radin DI, Schlitz MJ. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):85-91. - Event-related electroencephalographic correlations between isolated human subjects
Radin DI. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Apr;10(2):315-23. - Distant healing intention: definitions and evolving guidelines for laboratory studies
Schlitz M, Radin D, Malle BF, Schmidt S, Utts J, Yount GL. Altern Ther Health Med. 2003 May-Jun;9(3 Suppl):A31-43.
Consciousness and Health
- Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention during pregnancy on prenatal stress and mood: results of a pilot study
Vieten C, and Astin J. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2008 Feb;11(1):67-74. Epub 2008 Mar 3. - Negative affect, emotional acceptance, and smoking cessation
Carmody TP, Vieten C, Astin JA. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2007 Dec;39(4):499-508. - Effects of healing intention on cultured cells and truly random events
Radin D, Taft, R., Yount G. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Feb;10(1):103-12.
Individual and Collective Intention in the Physical World
- Testing nonlocal observation as a source of intuitive knowledge
Radin D. Explore. 2008 Jan-Feb;4(1):25-35. - Effects of intentionally enhanced chocolate on mood
Radin D, Hayssen G, Walsh J. Explore. 2007 Sep-Oct;3(5):485-92. - Double-blind test of the effects of distant intention on water crystal formation
Radin D, Hayssen G, Emoto M, Kizu T. Explore. 2006 Sep-Oct;2(5):408-11. - Experiments testing models of mind-matter interaction
Radin, D. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 20, NO. 3, pp. 375401, 2006. - Random event generators: correlations of continuous random data with major world events
Nelson, R. D., Radin, D. I., Shoup, R., and Bancel, P. A. (2002).Foundations of Physics Letters, 15, 6, 537-550. - Exploring relationships between random physical events and mass human attention: asking for whom the bell tolls
Radin, D. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 533–547, 2002.
Transformation of Consciousness
- I to we: the role of consciousness transformation in compassion and altruism
Vieten, C; Amorok, T; Schlitz, M (2006). Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 41:4, 917-933. - The role of transformation, spirit, and psychospiritual approaches on human brain activity and immunity
Vieten C, (2004). San Francisco Medicine: Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society 77:7, 28-31.
In the News
“The recent breakthroughs Katherine had made here in the field of Noetic Science had ramifications across every discipline – from physics to history, to philosophy, to religion. Soon everything will change, she thought.” (The Lost Symbol, pg. 34)
Sharing a striking similarity with the book’s female protagonist, IONS’ CEO Dr. Marilyn Schlitz, a world-renowned anthropologist and noetic scientist, has worked with the Smithsonian Institute and conducted secret government remote-viewing experiments. Dr. Schlitz also helped design a 2000-pound electromagnetically-shielded testing room – IONS’ own “cube” (also featured in the book) – where IONS conducts many of its experiments.
Dr. Schlitz tumbled onto the pages of literary folklore when NPR also noticed the resemblance, and she became a global spokeswoman for others digging into the promise and realities of noetic science.
