ABSTRACT
Telepathic effects could be investigated during the dreaming phase of the sleep cycle. The use of the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) technique freed the investigator from the uncertainty of relying upon spontaneous dream recall. The telepathy hypothesis was generally introduced on the basis of the following criteria: elements in the dream of the patient revealed a striking similarity to events occurring in the life of the therapist, knowledge of such events was of a noninferential nature, the patient had no access to such knowledge through normal means, and the elements in the dreams and the events in the life of the therapist occurred in close temporal proximity. Target material was drawn from a collection of prints of famous paintings; a different target was used on each experimental night. Twelve five- by eight-inch prints of famous paintings were selected as experimental targets. Each print was used only once during the study.
