Patricio Tressoldi
Patrizio E. Tressoldi is a parapsychology researcher based at the Science of Consciousness Research Group, Studium Patavinum, at Padova University in Italy. He has published recent work on remote viewing, telephone telepathy, and the statistical properties of psi research.
Recent publications
The sources retrieved for this question include several of his recent peer-reviewed papers:
- Remote Viewing Guidelines [1] — Tressoldi co-authored (with Jimmy Akin and Debra Lynne Katz) an article in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (2026) on experts’ remote viewing guidelines. The paper draws on prior remote viewing meta-analysis work and examines how expert practitioners themselves characterize best practices, while acknowledging a methodological tension: some of the experts cited had also authored earlier studies in the field, which carries a risk that their own prior findings may reinforce their current views rather than fostering broader consideration.
- Telecommunication Telepathy Meta-Analysis [2] — Tressoldi co-authored (with A. Rupert Sheldrake and Tom Stedall) a meta-analysis published in the Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition (2025) aggregating 26 experiments on telephone and telecommunication-based telepathy across 15 articles published 2003–2024. The analysis examined effect-size patterns and explored why telecommunication telepathy results appear relatively strong compared with other telepathy paradigms like ganzfeld.
- Telephone Telepathy Replication [3] — Tressoldi and Tom Stedall published an independent replication (2025) of a telephone telepathy test in the Journal of Scientific Exploration. The study examined whether cognitive strategy (intuitive vs. rational) predicted performance; they reported that intuitive strategies were associated with above-chance performance, while rational strategies were associated with below-chance performance.
- Decline Effect in Psi Research [4] — Tressoldi and Lance Storm (2024) published a brief report in the Journal of Scientific Exploration examining whether psi effects decline over time. They analysed multiple experimental protocols (remote viewing, ESP in dreams, and others) and found no evidence of a general decline effect, though some protocols showed very small negative slopes.
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References
- Akin, J., Tressoldi, P. E., & Katz, D. L. (2026). Experts’ Remote Viewing Guidelines. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 40, 11–29. https://doi.org/10.31275/20263687
- Sheldrake, A. R., Stedall, T., & Tressoldi, P. E. (2025). Telecommunication Telepathy: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 5, pp. 47–69. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.25934
- Stedall, T., & Tressoldi, P. E. (2025). Who is calling? An Independent Replication of a Telephone Telepathy Test. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 39, pp. 203–206. https://doi.org/10.31275/20253543
- Tressoldi, P. E., & Storm, L. (2024). The Myth of the Decline Effect in Psi Research: The Empirical Evidence. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 38, pp. 461–465. https://doi.org/10.31275/20243313
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