Dr. Richard S. Broughton, Director of Research at the world-renowned Institute of Parapsychology, illuminates the history and evolution of parapsychology and directly addresses the raging controversy over its very existence as a science. In this survey of parapsychology, Dr. Broughton addresses the misconceptions that lead people to label the field as pseudo science. This is a perfect introduction for the lay reader, avoiding the extremes of spectacle and jargon while giving an accurate account of the current state of parapsychology. At the heart of the book he brings together a broad range of recent parapsychological research, from the U.S., China, and the former Soviet Union, complete with full descriptions of the actual techniques and explanations of how researchers apply scientific methods to study the baffling experiences that qualify as psi phenomena.