Psi-Mediated Instrumental Response

An experimental concept developed by parapsychologist Rex G. Stanford, who proposed a model for spontaneous psi events where individuals may unconsciously obtain extrasensory knowledge of events relevant to their personal needs and use this knowledge to modify their behavior in a way which will be instrumental in satisfying those needs. Stanford and other parapsychologists have published a series of papers on experimental research relating to the PMIR model.

Sources:

Stanford, Rex G., and Angelo Castello. "Cognitive Mode and Extrasensory Function in a Timing-Based PMIR Task." In J. D. Morris, W. G. Roll, and R. L. Morris, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1976 Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1977.

Stanford, Rex G., and Peter Rust. "Psi-mediated Helping Behavior: Experimental Paradigm and Initial Results." In J. D. Morris, W. G. Roll, and R. L. Morris, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1976 Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1977.

Stanford, Rex G., and Angela Stio. "Associative Mediation in Psi-mediated Instrumental Response (PMIR)." In J. D. Morris, W. G. Roll & R. L. Morris, ed. Research in Parapsychology 1975. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976.

Stanford, Rex G., and Gary Thompson. "Unconscious Psi-mediated Instrumental Response and its Relation to Conscious ESP Performance." In W. G. Roll, R. L. Morris, and J. D. Morris, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1973 Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974.

Stanford, Rex G., R. Zennhausern, A. Taylor, and M. Dwyer. "Psychokinesis as a Psi-mediated Instrumental Response." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 69 (1975).