Premonition APA Research Psychology
Dreaming of the Future
Leah May Kennedy
English Composition II, Monday Night
Instructor: Mischelle Moyer
McCann School of Business and Technology
Dreaming of the Future
According to The Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained, a premonition is referred to as a vision which foresees an upcoming event. In most cases a premonition is experienced through a dream of prophetic nature. Usually the prophetic dream is perceived prior to a disastrous or unpleasant event. Numerous disasters of epic proportion are claimed to have been predicted by individuals through such prophetic dreams (Premonitions, 2007). A premonition is a supernatural phenomenon which has been proven to exist through scientific research; reported occurrences of this para-psychological event are the Cincinnati premonition and Abraham Lincoln 's dream of assassination.
Psychological journals and scientific research give many theories as to why prophetic dreams occur. One theory details the possible experience of a future event through time distortion caused by the dream state. “Dreams involve the generation and perception of bio-photons. The Lorentz temporal dilatation during dream periods for bio-photons with THz frequencies is 3 to 4 days which is an average value between dream experiences and later events” (Dotta & Persinger, 2009). In simpler terms, certain parts of the brain work at a higher rate during the dream state; because of this, time distortion occurs allowing the dreamer to see three to four days into the future. A study conducted by Dean Radin of Psychology Today offers another explanation as to why prophetic dreams occur. This researcher believes in the existence of a sixth sense and focuses his studies on “intuitive hunches”. In this study, electrodes which measure blood flow and skin resistance were attached to the fingers of the test subjects. Radin then showed the subjects a series of forty friendly and frightening photos. Between the
Leah May Kennedy
English Composition II, Monday Night
Instructor: Mischelle Moyer
McCann School of Business and Technology
Dreaming of the Future
According to The Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained, a premonition is referred to as a vision which foresees an upcoming event. In most cases a premonition is experienced through a dream of prophetic nature. Usually the prophetic dream is perceived prior to a disastrous or unpleasant event. Numerous disasters of epic proportion are claimed to have been predicted by individuals through such prophetic dreams (Premonitions, 2007). A premonition is a supernatural phenomenon which has been proven to exist through scientific research; reported occurrences of this para-psychological event are the Cincinnati premonition and Abraham Lincoln 's dream of assassination.
Psychological journals and scientific research give many theories as to why prophetic dreams occur. One theory details the possible experience of a future event through time distortion caused by the dream state. “Dreams involve the generation and perception of bio-photons. The Lorentz temporal dilatation during dream periods for bio-photons with THz frequencies is 3 to 4 days which is an average value between dream experiences and later events” (Dotta & Persinger, 2009). In simpler terms, certain parts of the brain work at a higher rate during the dream state; because of this, time distortion occurs allowing the dreamer to see three to four days into the future. A study conducted by Dean Radin of Psychology Today offers another explanation as to why prophetic dreams occur. This researcher believes in the existence of a sixth sense and focuses his studies on “intuitive hunches”. In this study, electrodes which measure blood flow and skin resistance were attached to the fingers of the test subjects. Radin then showed the subjects a series of forty friendly and frightening photos. Between the
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