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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 First Investigative Activities for Human Psychic Functions Launched on the Tibetan Plateau - Zedang, seat of Shannan Special District in Tibet, 3,700 meters above sea level. Here, several middle aged and young scientific research workers are the center of the Shannan Special District Public Health Cadre School Human Psychic Function Investigative Team. Gaining the approval of the necessary leaders, they carried out a planned human psychic function investigation on the fourth grade students of the Shannan Special District First Elementary School beginning on July 18, 1983. This investigation was the first of its kind in history in Tibet. It has lead to wide-spread interest and attention. A report on this investigation follows: , The First Stage - Survey From 18 to 21 July, in cooperation with the Shannan Special District First Elementary School, organized people in sufficient numbers to take a psychic survey on "recognizing characters by ear" or more than 100 fourth grade elementary school students of both Tibetan and Han nationalities. Methods: 1. Propaganda cards printed in various colors with number four type were cut into cards of two to five characters each to form a sampling pool. They were then folded in half and rolle dinto cylinders. Then tweezers were used to place these deep in the student's left or right outer ear deep enough that the students could not dig them out with their little fingers. Since the sylinders' were springy, they opened up to press themselves to the walls of the ear canal, making them difficult to remove. 2. Verbal Inducement: The process and methods of speech which were required were similar to those experienced in China proper. It was stressed that this was not a guessing game. At the same time the students were encouraged to concentrate, have confidence, to be faithful and honest, and not to cheat. 3. The monitors were responsible for walking around the room monitoring the test, and to verify and record the results. Results: On the morning of the 18th of July, at 8:30, 31 minutes after the test began, eleven year old Han nationality student, XIXY (X) (X) correctly answered the test card. It was verified that the characters, color, and color of the paper were all correct. After 40 minutes, thirteen year old Tibetan Student Xun Wen (X) also correctly recognized the characters and color of paper in his ear. This was the first occasion of psychic abilities being induced in children in Tibet. Results of the three day test show that among these subjects of the survey (nine to fifteen years old) the occurrence of ("recognizing characters by ear" was about 40%. This is about the same as reports from China proper. There was -53+- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8