found this, its not so comprehensive,
but it has some simply and clearly stated ideas that have come out of
an article published in the british journal of psycology..
thinking some here may enjoy it.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/ghosts/default.htm

Excellent find Fordo.

However, as the article says, it may do little to convince those whose thoughts are already set.

The chicken and egg conundrum of 'ghosts' and magnetic-fields is a tricky point to argue, but the authors dealt with it sensibly by drawing on the research about the effects of artificially generated magnetic fields. Of course the die-hard ghost fanatics may just claim that fluctuating magnetic fields attract ghosts.

As usual belief and bias has more power over our minds than any 'facts' - whatever these might be!

Thanks for that link.

I feel this is just the kind of group that I should share some of my experiences with and see what they think about what I say.

I am hoping some of these Scientific Minds will find the kind of experiences I have had and have been writing about to be beneficial to their research and who knows maybe one day some of them will want to read through my vast archives of information I have gathered over the past 21 years and maybe it will help to further research into these things so it becomes more than just a ghost-story I am telling on some of these Websites as I write about Dr. P. and my three relatives.

There is much more to what I have learned and gathered over these many long years but most recently these four have taken over too much but still I reason if they want to be behave this way and become scientific lab rats then hopefully in the very near future they will do as I ask and agree to leave my body and go see if they can make believers out of other humans who can then tell their stories and I believe that is the way to further this Research and help to prove some of the things that Scientific minds are trying to prove.

I am not just here to get attention as some Psychics have accused me of doing I am here to share my experiences hoping to share some of the experiences and knowledge I have gathered as I interact with those byeond the Veil of Death.

I am hoping soon my experiences will be more believable to those reading this and I am hoping it will inspire them to look at these things with a more open mind and join the team of researchers which we will all become as we search for our own truths.

I was thinking about this very interesting article (and another similar one that appeared on UM),
And, I thought that it would actually support the beliefs of those who say that ghosts cause the extaordinary fluctuations in electromagnetic fields.
This article shows that although weak EM waves are all around us, not everyone has the feeling of a 'presence' around them.

But on the subjects of the experiements, stuff like "helmets with solenoids" were used to expose them to a really intensified EM field...and all of them experienced paranormal entities.

So for those who believe in the above statement, it would mean that
1. Everyday weak electromagnetic fields dont cause ghostly experiences because no ghost is actually there.
2. The tests show that intensified fields do cause them, but there is no reason for such intense EM fields to be present at the places claimed to be haunted, so ghosts cause them...which in turn cause the experiences.

Of course, if 'hauntings' can also be stimulated artifically, it does not make the things done by ghosts anything special. But for the believers, it points towards their existence.

This is more or less what I said before Superkick.
However, the fact that not all people are influenced by weak magnetic fields does nothing to harm the theory and it cannot be used to argue for or against. It can be said that some people are simply insensitive to either ghosts or electric fields to experience anything in these places.

It would be arrogant of me to suggest that there are no 'real hauntings', but it seems likely that many cases are due to magnetic fields disturbing our minds in a random manner.

Yeah well those were just one of my stupid musings.

What compelled me more though, is the fact that exposure to such direct radiation, isnt this supposed to be real risky to the subjects in the experiments? With all the fuss about mobile phone radiation, which emit radiowaves....they are part of the EM spectrum, so well that part of confused me a lot.

Possibly. Exposure time and frequency woulf effect the likely danger. I guess the experiment is not done too often with one person.

Yes good point.

And an earlier mistake I made, mobile phones emit radiowaves...i'll edit the post for accuracy's sake.

There still EM waves though, obviously.

Very interesting. I think the thought that anyone thinking that a paranormal entity is the cause for the magnetic field of the earth needs to do a little more research (definitely not to say that it won't be said, to me it just sounds ridiculous). And by the by, if we have new information such as this I think that it would be interesting for a measurement to be taken in regards to the magnetic field in certain areas when a haunting is thought to be and see what the readings are. I think that as far as the paranormal goes, our most biggest problem is the lack of scientific ways to solidly prove a haunting. By at least taking this measurement we would at least be able to tell whether or not it was more likely due to the earth's magnatism as opposed to a haunting.