Sommer, Robert (1929-)
Sommer, Robert (1929-)
Research psychologist with special interest in imagery and its relationship to paranormal experience. He was born April 26, 1929, in New York City. He studied at Hobart College, Geneva, New York (B.A., 1950), the University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1952), and the University of Kansas (Ph.D., 1956). Following his graduation he was a research psychologist at Saskatchewan Hospital, Canada (1957-63) and assistant professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton (1961-63) prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, California, in 1963. He contributed a paper on parapsychology to The Psychic Force: Essays in Modern Psychical Research edited by Allan Angoff (1970).
Sources:
Angoff, Alan, ed. The Psychic Force: Essays in Modern Psychical Research. New York: Putnam, 1970.
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.