Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-465) and index
Contents:
Section I. A Point of View: 1. A New Conception Guided by Two Analogies; 2. A Model and a Theory of Psi Section II. Elaborations of the Model and the Theory: 3. A Model of the Mind and of the Place of Psi in Mental Functioning; 4. Psi and Consciousness; 5. The Vicissitudes of the Extrasensory: To Be Known or Not to Be Known; 6. Some Implicit Assumptions That Need to Be Changed; 7. Psychokinesis: First Sight and First Act; 8. Precursors of the Model; 9. A Reiteration of Essential Points Section III. Psi and Other Preconscious Processes: 10. Psi and Ambiguous or Unconscious Sensory Information; 11. Psi and Memory: Are the Processes Similar?; 12 .Psi and Memory: How Do They Affect One Another?; 13. Psi and Creativity Section IV. First Sight and Other Research Findings: 14. Fear and Psi; 15. Extraversion and Psi; 16. Other Individual and Situational Factors; 17. Two Vexing Problems: Experimenter Effects and Decline Effects Section V. First Sight Beyond the Laboratory: 18. Ordinary Nonpsychic Experience; 19. The More Psychic Person; 20. First Sight and Personal Exploration of Psi; 21 .First Sight in the Consulting Room Section VI. Prospects for Parapsychology: 22.Recent Research Pertinent to First Sight; 23. Applications of First Sight; 24. Suggested Directions for Future Research; 25. First Sight, Parapsychology, and Other Branches of Science; 26. Psi and a New Science of the Mind