Kenneth James Batcheldor (27 September 1921 – 9 March 1988) was a British clinical psychologist whose scientific experiments advanced the study of

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phenomena, particularly

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, building on the work of

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to investigate unconscious muscular action as an explanation for

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. Batcheldor investigated the mental states that were conducive or inhibitory to the effect, attempting to create a repeatable process by which anyone might produce it. Amongst other techniques, he pioneered the experimental use of infrared video recording to observe the actions of subjects in the dark.

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* based on the work of Kenneth Batcheldor. 1921 births 1988 deaths 20th-century British psychologists {{UK-psychologist-stub