part 2: experimental studies

"carington postulated that telepathic interchanges were facilitated by common associations between the two minds. his 'association theory' held that if an idea or word (so-called k-object) were presented to a person who was in telepathic rapport with another person (that is, having a shared consciousness), then the second person would have mental associations with the 'k-object.' tell the first person the word dog and the second person might think of bark, bite, or bone as if the two persons were of a single mind."