Anyone know any details about this study?

[plindboe]

"Scientists Find Evidence Of Paranormal Powers":

http://www.rense.com/general54/scifi.htm

If you have ever felt that someone is watching you, sending prickles up your neck, it might not have been just your imagination.

Scientists have found evidence to suggest we do have a sixth sense and can tell when we are being watched, even through CCTV.

This shows humans could have paranormal powers, say researchers at Germany's Freiberg University.

Dr Stefan Schmidt and his team carried out two experiments a thousand times and believe they have finally proved the reality of the sixth sense.

Have googled, but haven't been able to find the study itself, only a bunch of rather non-detailed articles.

[The idea]

Is this it?

Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: two meta-analyses.
British Journal of Psychology, May, 2004 by Stefan Schmidt

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2527/is_200405/ai_n6544728

Apparenly you must pay to read past the first paragraph.

[rightbrain]

Originally posted by plindboe
"Scientists Find Evidence Of Paranormal Powers":

http://www.rense.com/general54/scifi.htm

Have googled, but haven't been able to find the study itself, only a bunch of rather non-detailed articles.

I don't want to pay to read the whole thing, but found the abstract on Medline. "Hints of an effect" and "shortage of replication" suggest that the authors weren't exactly wowed by the evidence.

Title: Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: Two meta-analyses
Author(s): Stefan Schmidt ; Rainer Schneider ; Jessica Utts ; Harald Walach
Source: British Journal of Psychology Volume: 95 Part: 2 Page: 235 -- 247
DOI: 10.1348/000712604773952449
Publisher: British Psychological Society
Abstract: Findings in parapsychology suggest an effect of distant intentionality. Two laboratory set-ups explored this topic by measuring the effect of a distant intention on psychophysiological variables. The 'Direct Mental Interaction in Living Systems' experiment investigates the effect of various intentions on the electrodermal activity of a remote subject. The 'Remote Staring' experiment examines whether gazing by an observer covaries with the electrodermal activity of the person being observed. Two meta-analyses were conducted. A small significant effect size (d =.11, p = .001) was found in 36 studies on 'direct mental interaction', while a best-evidence-synthesis of 7 studies yielded d = .05 (p = .50). In 15 remote staring studies a mean effect size of d = 0.13 (p = .01) was obtained. It is concluded that there are hints of an effect, but also a shortage of independent replications and theoretical concepts.
© The British Psychological Society 2004

[plindboe]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I just stumbled upon another such study that yielded negative results:

"THE INVISIBLE GAZE: THREE ATTEMPTS TO REPLICATE SHELDRAKE’S STARING EFFECTS":

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:hPoTSBjrnW4J:a1162.fmg.uva.nl/~djb/publications/2004/