
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 85 scientific papers and 13 books. Below are listed all of his scientific papers, with abstracts and links to full-text where available.
Scientific Papers on Morphic Resonance
The Hill Effect as a Test for Morphic Resonance
Published online: April 8, 2021
by Rupert Sheldrake
Can Morphic Fields Help Explain Telepathy and the Sense of Being Stared At?
Mindfield Bulletin, (2019), Volume 11 Issue 1, 26-33
by Rupert Sheldrake
Morphic Fields
World Futures, The Journal of New Paradigm Research, (2006), 62(1-2), 31-41
https://doi.org/10.1080/02604020500406248
by Rupert Sheldrake
Prayer: A Challenge for Science
Noetic Sciences Review, (Summer 1994), 30, 4-9
by Rupert Sheldrake
An Experimental Test of the Hypothesis of Formative Causation
Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum, 85, (3/4) 431-443 (1992)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Rose Refuted
Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum 85 (3/4), 455-460, (1992)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Cattle Fooled by Phoney Grids
New Scientist (1988 ) Feb 11, 85
by Rupert Sheldrake
Mind, Memory, and Archetype Morphic Resonance and the Collective Unconscious - Part I
Psychological Perspectives (Spring 1987), 18(1),9-25
https://doi.org/10.1080/00332928708408747
by Rupert Sheldrake
Society, Spirit & Ritual: Morphic Resonance and the Collective Unconscious - Part II
Psychological Perspectives (Fall 1987), 18(2), 320-331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00332928708410861
by Rupert Sheldrake
Extended Mind, Power, & Prayer: Morphic Resonance and the Collective Unconscious - Part III
Psychological Perspectives (Spring 1988), 19(1) 64-78
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00332928808408771
by Rupert Sheldrake
Related Research by Others
So-called "formative causation" - a hypothesis disconfirmed
Response to Rupert Sheldrake
Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum 85 (3/4), 445-453, (1992)
by Steven Rose
Morphic Fields and Extended Mind
Journal of Consciousness Studies, 18, No. 11–12, 2011, pp. 203–24
by Fraser Watts
Scientific Papers on Animal Powers
Listen to the Animals: Why did so many animals escape December's tsunami?
The Ecologist, March 2005
by Rupert Sheldrake
Testing a Language-Using Parrot for Telepathy
Journal of Scientific Exploration 17, pp. 601-615 (2003)
by Rupert Sheldrake and Aimee Morgana
A Dog That Seems To Know When His Owner is Coming Home: Videotaped Experiments and Observations
Journal of Scientific Exploration 14, 233-255 (2000)
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Testing a Return-Anticipating Dog, Kane
Anthrozooes, 13, 203-212 (2000)
https://doi.org/10.2752/089279300786999716
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
The 'Psychic Pet' Phenomenon: Correspondence
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2000, 64, No 859
by Rupert Sheldrake
Commentary on a Paper by Wiseman, Smith and Milton : on the 'Psychic Pet' Phenomenon
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 63, October 1999
by Rupert Sheldrake
A Dog That Seems To Know When His Owner is Returning: Preliminary Investigations
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 62, 220-232 (1998)
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Perceptive Pets: A Survey in London
Biology Forum 91, 57-74 (1998)
by Rupert Sheldrake, Catherine Lawlor and Jane Turney
Perceptive Pets: A Survey of North-West California
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 62, 396-406 (July 1998)
by David Jay Brown and Rupert Sheldrake
Perceptive Pets with Puzzling Powers: Three Surveys
ISAZ The Newsletter No.15, l99E 1998
by Rupert Sheldrake
Psychic Pets: A Survey in North-West England
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 61, 1997
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Scientific Papers on Telepathy
Automated Tests for Telephone Telepathy Using Mobile Phones
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing (2015), 11 No. 4, 310-319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2015.04.001
by Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, Pamela Smart and Leonidas Avraamides
Telepathy in Connection with Telephone Calls, Text Messages and Emails
Journal of International Society of Life Information Science (2014), 32 No. 1, 7-15
https://doi.org/10.18936/islis.32.1_7
by Rupert Sheldrake
An Automated Test for Telepathy in Connection with Emails
Journal of Scientific Exploration (2009), 23 No. 1, 29-36
by Rupert Sheldrake and Leonidas Avraamides
Sensing the Sending of SMS Messages: an automated test
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing (2009) 5, 272-276
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2009.06.004
by Rupert Sheldrake, Leonidas Avraamides, and Matous Novák
A Rapid Online Telepathy Test
Psychological Reports (2009)Vol 104 957-970
http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/PR0.104.3.957-970
by Rupert Sheldrake and Ashwin Beharee
An Automated Online Telepathy Test
Journal of Scientific Exploration (2007) Vol 21 No 3, 511-522
by Rupert Sheldrake and Michael Lambert
Testing for Telepathy in Connection with E-Mails
Perceptual and Motor Skills (2005), 101, 771-786
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.101.3.771-786
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Videotaped Experiments on Telephone Telepathy
Journal of Parapsychology (2003) 67, 147-166
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
A Filmed Experiment on Telephone Telepathy with the Nolan Sisters
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2004) 68, 168-172
by Rupert Sheldrake, Hugo Godwin and Simon Rockell
Investigaciones Experimentales En Telepatía Por Teléfono (Spanish)
Revista Argentina de Psicología Paranormal 15 No.3-4, Julio-Octubre 2004
by Rupert Sheldrake
Experimental Tests for Telephone Telepathy
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (July 2003) 67, 184-199
by Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Apparent Telepathy Between Babies and Nursing Mothers: A Survey
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2002) 66 181-185
The Anticipation of Telephone Calls: A Survey in California
Journal of Parapsychology (2001) 65 145-156
by David Jay Brown and Rupert Sheldrake
Telepathic Telephone Calls: Two Surveys
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2000) 64 224-232
Related Research by Others
Who's calling? Evaluating the accuracy of guessing who is on the phone
EXPLORE, August 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2023.08.008
by Helané Wahbeh, Cedric Cannard, Dean Radin, Arnaud Delorme,
Do You Know Who is Calling? Experiments on Anomalous Cognition in Phone Call Receivers
The Open Psychology Journal, 2009, 2, 12-18
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874350100902010012
by Schmidt S.; Erath D.; Ivanova Vm; Walach H.
Who's Calling At This Hour? : Local Sidereal Time and Telephone Telepathy
by Eva Lobach and Dick J. Bierman, University of Amsterdam
Paper presented at the Parapsychology Association Annual Convention, Vienna, August 2004
Scientific Papers on the Sense of Being Stared At
Special Edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies
A special edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies (2005) Vol 12 No. 6
Editorial Introduction by Anthony Freeman: The Sense of Being Glared At
Rupert's papers from the Journal:
The Sense of Being Stared At: An Automated Test on the Internet
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, (2008) 72, 86-97
by Rupert Sheldrake, Charles Overby and Ashwin Beeharee
The Sense of Being Stared At: Do Hit Rates Improve as Tests Go On?
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, (2008) 72, 98-106
by Rupert Sheldrake
Investigating Scopaesthesia: Attentional Transitions, Controls and Error Rates in Repeated Tests
Journal of Scientific Exploration 22, 517-527 (2008)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Experiments on the Sense of Being Stared At: The Elimination of Possible Artefacts
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 65, pp.122-137 (2001)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Follow-up Research on the Feeling of Being Stared At
Skeptical Inquirer (2000), March/April, 58-61
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Sense of Being Stared At: Experiments in Schools
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 62: 311-323 (1998)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Research in Schools on the Sense of Being Stared At
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 1997;17(4):175-178
https://doi.org/10.1177/027046769701700406
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Sense of Being Stared At Does Not Depend On Known Sensory Clues
Biology Forum 93 209-224
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Sense of Being Stared At Confirmed by Simple Experiments
Biology Forum 92: 53-76 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1400/22763
by Rupert Sheldrake
Related Research by Others
Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: Two meta-analyses
British Journal of Psychology, 1 May 2004, vol. 95, no. 2, pp. 235-247(13)
https://doi.org/10.1348/000712604773952449
by Schmidt S.; Schneider R.; Utts J.; Walach H.
Scientific Papers on Form from Sound
Determinants of Faraday Wave-Patterns in Water Samples Oscillated Vertically at a Range of Frequencies from 50-200 Hz
Water (2017) Vol 9
http://dx.doi.org/10.14294/WATER.2017.6
by Merlin Sheldrake & Rupert Sheldrake
Scientific Papers on Joint Attention
Is Joint Attention Detectable at a Distance? Three Automated, Internet-Based Tests
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing (2016) 12 No.1: 34-41
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2015.10.006
by Rupert Sheldrake and Ashweeni Beeharee
Linking Minds Through Joint Attention: A Preliminary Investigation
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2015) 79 No. 4: 193-200
by Rupert Sheldrake
Scientific Papers on Experimenter Effects
Be More Active in Reports
Times Educational Supplement January 7, 2005
by Rupert Sheldrake
Blind Research: Are the Hard Sciences Immune From Experimenter Effects?
Skeptic (2003), Vol 10, No 1
by Rupert Sheldrake
Personally speaking
New Scientist, July 19, 2001
by Rupert Sheldrake
How Widely is Blind Assessment Used in Scientific Research?
Alternative Therapies 5(3), 88-91, May 1999
by Rupert Sheldrake
Experimenter Effects in Scientific Research: How Widely are they Neglected?
Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, 73-78, 1998
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F027046769701700405
by Rupert Sheldrake
Could Experimenter Effects Occur in the Physical and Biological Sciences?
Skeptical Inquirer 22(3), 57-58 May / June 1998
by Rupert Sheldrake
Related Research by Others
Rupert Sheldrake and the Objectivity of Science
Skeptical Inquirer, 1999, vol 23 no 5
by Richard Wisemand and Caroline Watt
Scientific Papers on Crop Physiology
Effect of harvest methods on the second flush yield of short-duration pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
J.agric. Sci., Camb. (1987) 109, 591-593
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600081818
by Y.S. Chauhan, R. Sheldrake, N. Venkataratnam
Factors affecting growth and yield of short-duration pigeonpea and its potential for multiple harvests
J.agric. Sci., Camb. (1987) 109, 519-529
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600081739
by Y.S. Chauhan, N. Venkataratnam, R. Sheldrake
A Perennial Cropping System From Pigeonpea Grown in Post-Rainy Season
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 57, 895-9, 1987
by Rupert Sheldrake
Second Harvest Yields of Medium Duration Pigeonpeas (Cajanus Cajan) in Peninsular India
Field Crops Research (Dec 1985), 10(4), 323-332
by N.Venkataratnam and R. Sheldrake
Pigeonpea Physiology
Chapter 11 of The Physiology of Tropical Field Crops ed. P. H. Goldsworthy and N. M. Fisher, Blackwell, Oxford (1984)
The Anatomy of the Pigeonpea
Research Bulletin No. 5, 1981
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi*Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru
by S.S. Bisen and R. Sheldrake
Effect of seed-grading on the yields of chickpea and pigeonpea
Indian Journal of Agricultural Science 1981, 51, 389-393
by R. Sheldrake, N.P. Saxena, A. Narayanan
Varietal Differences in Seed Size and Seedling Growth of Pigionpea and Chickpea
Indian Journal of Agricultural Science, (1981), 51, 389-393
by A. Narayanan, N.P. Saxena and R. Sheldrake
Effects of Pod Exposure on the Yield of Chickpeas
Field Crops Research, (1980), 3, 180-191
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4290(80)90024-6
by N.P. Saxena and R. Sheldrake
Iron Chlorosis in Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.) Grown on High pH Calcareous Vertisol
Field Crops Research, (1980), 3, 211-214
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4290%2880%2990029-5
by N. Saxena and A. Sheldrake
Physiology of Growth, Development and Yield of Chickpeas in India
ICRISAT Publications, (1980), 106-120 ref.25
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Chickpea Improvement, Hyderabad, India, Feb 28 - Mar 2 1979
by R. Sheldrake and N.P. Saxena
Growth and Development of Chickpeas under Progressive Moisture Stress
Stress Physiology in Crop Plants, ed. H.Mussell and R.Staples. Wiley, New York, 1979.
by R. Sheldrake and N.P. Saxena
Comparisons of Earlier- and Later-formed Pods of Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum)
Annals of Botany (1979), 43, 467-473
https://doi.org/10.1093/OXFORDJOURNALS.AOB.A085657
by R. Sheldrake, N.P. Saxena
Comparisons of Earlier- and Later-formed Pods of Pigeonpeas (Cajanus cajan)
Annals of Botany (1979), 43, 459-466
by R. Sheldrake, A. Narayanan
The Effects of Flower Removal on the Seed Yield of Pigeonpeas (Cajanus cajan)
Annals of Applied Biology (1979), 91, 383-390
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1744-7348.1979.TB06516.X
by Rupert Sheldrake, A. Narayanan, N. Venkataratnam
Growth, development and nutrient uptake in pigeonpeas (Cajanus cajan)
Journal of Agricultural Science (Cambridge) (1979), 92, 513-526
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600053752
by Rupert Sheldrake and A. Narayanan
A Hydrodynamical Model of Pod-Set in Pigeonpea (Cajunus Cajan)
Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, (1979), 22, 137-143
by Rupert Sheldrake
Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan) as a Winter Crop in Peninsular India
Experimental Agriculture, (1979), 15, 91-95
https://doi.org/10.1017/S001447970000925X
by Rupert Sheldrake and A. Narayanan
The Expression and Influence on Yield of the 'Double-Podded' Character in Chickpeas
Field Crops Research (1978), 1, 243-253
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4290%2878%2990029-1
by R. Sheldrake, N.P. Saxena, L. Krishnamurthy
Some Effects of the Physiological State of Pigeonpeas: on the Incidence of the Wilt Disease
Tropical Grain Legumes Bulletin, (1978), 11, 24-5
by R Sheldrake, A Narayanan, J Kannaiyan
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Scientific Papers on Hormone Production In Plants
The Production of Auxin by Dying Cells
Journal of Experimental Botany (2021) 72, 2288-2300
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb%2Ferab009
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Production of Hormones in Higher Plants
Biological Reviews (1973) 48, pp.509-559
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1973.tb01568.x
by Rupert Sheldrake
Do Coleoptile Tips Produce Auxin?
New Phytol. (1973), 72, 433-447
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1469-8137.1973.TB04393.X
by Rupert Sheldrake
Auxin in the Cambium and its Differentiating Derivatives
Journal of Experimental Botany (1971), 22, 735-740
https://doi.org/10.1093/JXB%2F22.3.735
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Occurrence and Significance of Auxin in the Substrata of Bryophytes
New Phytologist (1971) 70, 519-526
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1469-8137.1971.TB02553.X
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Production of Auxin by Autolysing Tissues
Planta, Berlin (1968), 80, 227-236
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392393
by Rupert Sheldrake, D.H. Northcote
Production of Auxin by Detached Leaves
Nature (1968), 217, 195
https://doi.org/10.1038/217195a0
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Production of Auxin by Tobacco Internode Tissues
New Phytologist (1968), 67, 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1469-8137.1968.TB05449.X
by Rupert Sheldrake and D. Northcote
Scientific Papers on Auxin Transport In Plants
Effects of Osmotic Stress on Polar Auxin Transport in Avena Mesocotyl Sections
Planta 145, 113-117 (1979)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388706
by Rupert Sheldrake
Carrier-mediated Auxin Transport
Planta (Berl) 118, 101-121 (1974)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388387
by P.H. Rubery and R. Sheldrake
The Polarity of Auxin Transport in Inverted Cuttings
New Phytol (1974) 74, 637-642
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1469-8137.1974.TB01289.X
by Rupert Sheldrake
Auxin Transport in Secondary Tissues
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.24, No.78, pp. 87-96, February 1973
by Rupert Sheldrake
Effect of pH and Surface Charge on Cell Uptake of Auxin
Nature New Biology 244, 285-288 (1973)
https://doi.org/10.1038/NEWBIO244285A0
by P.H. Rubery and A.R. Sheldrake
Polar Auxin Transport in Leaves of Monocotyledons
Nature (1972), 238, 352-353
https://doi.org/10.1038/238352A0
by Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert's research reports as Rosenheim Research Fellow
Royal Society Yearbooks for 1971, 1972 and 1973
Scientific Papers on Cell Differentiation
Cellulase and Cell Differentiation in Acer pseudoplantanus
Planta (1970) 95, 167-178 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387248
by Rupert Sheldrake
A Cellulase in Hevea Latex
Physiologia Plantarum (1970), 23, 267-77
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1399-3054.1970.TB06416.X
by Rupert Sheldrake, G.F.J. Moir
Cellulase in Latex and its Possible Significance in Cell Differentiation
Planta (Berl.), (1969), 89, 82-4
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386498
by Rupert Sheldrake
Some Constituents of Xylem Sap and their Possible Relationship to Xylem Differentiation
Journal of Experimental Botany, (November 1968), 19 (61), 681-9
https://doi.org/10.1093/JXB%2F19.4.681
by Rupert Sheldrake and D.H. Northcote
Scientific Papers on the Ageing and Death of Cells
Cellular Senescence, Rejuvenation and Potential Immortality
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2022), 289, 20212434
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2434
by Rupert Sheldrake
The Ageing, Growth and Death of Cells
Nature, Vol. 250, No. 5465, pp. 381-385, August 2nd 1974
by Rupert Sheldrake
Death
Theoria to Theory 7, 31-38 (1973)
by Rupert Sheldrake
Scientific Papers on End-of-Life Experiences
Experiences of Dying Animals: Parallels With End-of-Life Experiences in Humans
Journal of Scientific Exploration VOL. 37, NO 1 – SPRING 2023
https://doi.org/10.31275/20222773
by Rupert Sheldrake, Pam Smart, and Michael Nahm
Case Collection of Experiences with Dying Animals
Supplementary material to the paper
Journal of Scientific Exploration VOL. 37, NO 1 – SPRING 2023
by Rupert Sheldrake, Pam Smart, and Michael Nahm