Spirit Photography: The Psychology of Seeing the Unseen
Introduction: Defining the Phenomenon Spirit photography constitutes a controversial and fascinating niche within the history of parapsychology, merging the nascent technology of photography with the enduring human desire to communicate with or visually confirm the existence of the deceased. At its core, spirit photography was precisely an attempt to capture the ethereal forms, or apparitions, […]
AUTOMATOGRAPH
1. Introduction: Definition and Context in Psychology The Automatograph is a specialized psychophysical instrument primarily associated with late 19th and early 20th-century psychological research, designed to record minute, involuntary muscular movements, often those occurring outside of conscious awareness. Distinct from photographic automation, which the term sometimes erroneously describes in non-psychological contexts, the psychological Automatograph serves […]