THOUGHT-WAVES OF SCOTS

Radio Record, 8 April 1938, Page 52

THOUGHT-WAVES OF SCOTS

ous comedian, died at Neweastle (N.S.W.), recently. Sir Harry Lauder told a London interviewer that he had been in touch with his brother fo: 30 years by telepathy, that is, thought-transference over a distance. Telepathy is still being scientifica!ly investigated. So far, no radio wave has been detected as issuing from 4 brain in action; "thought-waves," if they exist, must be a unique form of vibration. The so-called "brain-waves," which were recently found by delicate electrical instruments to surge through human brains, especially in sleep, are not thought-waves, but merely the accompaniment of chemical activity, They even occur in lower animals, such as guinea-pigs, when the eyes are closed. So research on telepathy is restricted to attempting to project the thought of some object from one person to another over distances, Results are discordant. Professor Rhine (U.S.A.) was recently cabled as getting 14 correct results iu 950 (using cards), Dr. Coover (U.S.A.) got 158 in 5135. Warcollier (across the Atlantie) got seven out of 22, Brugmans (Germany) 60 in 187, and so on-all above "guess" level, LAUDER, brother of the fum-