Lund University in Sweden will soon appoint northern Europe's first professor of parapsychology, hypnology and clairvoyance to teach the study of the paranormal. Lund University is not alone in this venture. Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Edinburgh University in Scotland also have chairs in parapsychology. These actions, however, are contrary to a new study conducted by two British scientists. Richard Lord and Richard Wiseman conducted a controlled experiment with infrasound, which is an extreme bass sound, inaudible to humans. Lord and Wiseman proved that it caused a variety of strange effects in people, including anxiety, extreme sorrow and chills. These effects, they say, support a leading belief in a connection between infrasound and strange sensations. The two scientists said their findings uphold the idea that odd sensations at allegedly haunted sites are caused by infrasound, not ghosts. John F. Kennedy University parapsychology professor Loyd Auerbach, citing horror movie technology as an example, insisted that these findings have been around for years. Auerbach said that he has been interested in parapsychology since his childhood fascinations with folklore and the television show, "The Twilight Zone."

Auerbach said that although infrasound could be a factor in paranormal circumstances, it could not produce images in people's heads. He went on to relay experiences in which people received information from ghosts that were later verified.

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