▁remote ▁view ing ▁tri als ▁ver bal ▁c ues ▁that ▁hint ed ▁at ▁what ▁the ▁target ▁images ▁were . ▁Although ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁small ▁study ▁with ▁only ▁eight ▁participants , ▁H yman ▁was ▁particularly ▁interested ▁in ▁how ▁cu ing ▁from ▁research ers ▁affected ▁both ▁the ▁subjects ' ▁answers ▁during ▁the ▁trial ▁and ▁their ▁att itudes ▁toward ▁psych ic ▁phen omena ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁trial . ▁After ▁review ing ▁the ▁literature ▁generated ▁by ▁research ers ▁at ▁S RI ▁and ▁conduct ing ▁his ▁own ▁rep lication ▁study , ▁H yman ▁sum med ▁up ▁his ▁find ings ▁as , ▁" The ▁bottom ▁line ▁here ▁is ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁scientific ally ▁convin cing ▁case ▁for ▁remote ▁view ing ." ▁ ▁Public ation ▁in ▁scientific ▁journ als ▁is ▁often ▁viewed ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁scientific ▁community ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁public ▁at ▁large ▁as ▁a ▁mark ▁of ▁legit im acy ▁for ▁research ers . ▁ ▁Pro ponents ▁of ▁Put hoff ▁and ▁T arg ▁claim ▁ 2 8 ▁published ▁papers , ▁ 1 5 ▁of ▁which ▁showed ▁positive ▁results . ▁An ▁in - depth ▁review ▁of ▁these ▁papers ▁showed ▁that ▁only ▁ 1 3 ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 8 ▁total ▁papers ▁were ▁published ▁under ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁standards ▁of ▁peer ▁review . ▁ ▁Of ▁these ▁ 1 3 , ▁nine ▁showed ▁positive ▁results . ▁Three ▁of ▁these ▁nine , ▁however , ▁were ▁" ret ros pective ▁experiments "; ▁meaning ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁" ex per iments ▁not ▁specifically ▁planned ▁in ▁advance , ▁but ▁apparently ▁re construct ed ▁from ▁separate