Rupert's resonance.

SHELDRAKE, Rupert, 1942-; PRESENCE of the Past: Morphic Resonance & the Habits of Nature, The (Book); COLLECTIVE memory; SOCIAL perception; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; INTERPERSONAL communication; SOCIAL psychology; MATHEMATICAL models; SENSORY perception; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; TELEPATHY

Offers a look at research on the theory of "morphic resonance," proposed by botanist Rupert Sheldrake. Reference to the book "Presence of the Past," by Sheldrake; Claim of Sheldrake that morphic resonance is the idea of mysterious interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species; Reference to a formal test conducted by John Colwell using Sheldrake's experimental protocol; Reference to a debate between Sheldrake and his critics in the June 2005 issue of the "Journal of Consciousness Studies"; Claim that Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance is built on confirmation bias and experimenter bias.