in 1905. Netherlands – The Studievereniging voor Psychical Research (Dutch for Society for Psychical Research) was founded in 1917 of which the professor in philosophy and psychology Gerard Heymans was the first president. Poland – The Polish Society for Psychical Research was very active before the second world war. Scotland – The Scottish Society for Psychical Research is active today. Spain – Sociedad de Investigaciones Psíquicas Iberoamericana (founded in Madrid in 1895), Instituto de Metapsiquismo (Barcelona, founded in 1923), Sociedad Española de Estudios Metapsíquicos (Madrid, founded in 1924) Sweden – Sällskapet för Parapsykologisk Forskning (the Swedish Society for Parapsychological Research) was founded in 1948. US – An American branch of the Society was formed as the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) in 1885, which became independent in 1906. A splinter group, the Boston Society for Psychical Research existed from May 1925 to 1941. Spain – S.E.I.P Sociedad Española de Investigaciones Parapsicologicas See also Institut suisse des sciences noétiques List of parapsychology topics References Further reading SPR histories Bennett, Edward T. (1903). The Society for Psychical Research: Its Rise & Progress & A Sketch of its Work. London: R. Brimley Johnson. Gauld, Alan. (1968). The Founders of Psychical Research. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Haynes, Renee. (1982). The Society for Psychical Research 1882–1982: A History. London: MacDonald & Co. Salter, William Henry. (1948). The Society for Psychical Research: An Outline of its History. Society for Psychical Research. Scholarly studies Cerullo, John. (1982). Secularization of the Soul: Psychical Research in Modern Britain. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues. Luckhurst, Roger. (2002). The Invention of Telepathy, 1870-1901. Oxford University Press. McCorristine, Shane. (2010). Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England, 1750-1920. Cambridge University Press. Oppenheim, Janet. (1988). The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914. Cambridge University Press. Ruickbie, Leo. (2018). Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War. Robinson. Criticism McCabe, Joseph. (1920). Scientific Men and Spiritualism: A Skeptic's Analysis. The Living Age. 12 June. pp. 652–657. A sceptical look at SPR members who had supported Spiritualism, concludes they were duped by fraudulent mediums. Brandon, Ruth. (1983). The Spiritualists: The Passion for the Occult in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Alfred A. Knopf. Hyman, Ray. (1989). The Elusive Quarry: A Scientific Appraisal of Psychical Research. Prometheus Books. External links SPR home page Paranormal organizations Non-profit organisations based in