Aura and biofield traditions
How traditions describe a subtle field around the body, what "biofield" means in research language, and what blinded tests have and have not shown.
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Research and studies
Research and studies
Verified studies on the practices we offer, summarised in plain language with their limits — including results that do not support these practices.
Every study listed here links to its original source, which we have checked. We summarise from the published abstract or full text and never add findings of our own. Each summary is reviewed before it is published.
What the studies found, at a glance
Each study placed by what it found for the claim it tested, from our draft evidence assessments. Select a dot to see the study.
Our draft evidence assessmentsEach dot is one study; position = what it found for the claim it tested
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Topics
Radionics
What radionics practitioners do, why it is described as a practitioner method, and what controlled testing exists.
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Reiki and complementary practices
Systematic reviews and trials of Reiki, Pranic Healing and related touch or no-touch practices, read carefully.
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Energy hygiene and wellbeing practices
Daily practices such as meditation, breathing and rest — where wellness concepts meet established stress research.
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Chakras
The history of chakra systems in Indian traditions and how the modern seven-chakra picture came about.
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Built-space energy concepts and Vaastu
Traditional ideas about the energy of homes and workplaces, and what research on the built environment actually measures.
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Research literacy: reading claims carefully
How to tell a traditional belief from a practitioner method, a customer's experience, an experiment and established science — and how to spot overclaiming.
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Studies
No study summaries have been published yet.