UVA's center for the study of the paranormal


	UVA's center for the study of the paranormal

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4-12-2007 3:27 PM

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enbar says:

Very strange. The UVA health system runs a center devoted to the study of the paranormal (reincarnation, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and ghosts).

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<STRONG>The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), formerly the Division of Personality Studies</STRONG> , is a unit of the <A href="http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/psychiatric/">Department of Psychiatric Medicine</A> at the <SPAN>University of Virginia</SPAN>. Utilizing scientific methods, we investigate apparent paranormal phenomena, especially: 
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