Other Societies
A number of other psychical research organisations use the term 'Society for Psychical Research' in their name.
- Australia - In 1979 the Australian Society for Psychical Research was founded.
- Austria - Founded in 1927 as the Austrian Society for Psychical Research, today the Austrian Society for Parapsychology.
- Canada - From 1908 to 1916 the Canadian Society for Psychical Research existed in Toronto.
- Denmark - Selskabet for Psykisk Forskning (The Danish Society for Psychical Research) was founded in 1905.
- France - In 1885, a society called the Société de Psychologie Physiologique (Society for Physiological Psychology) was formed by Charles Richet, Théodule-Armand Ribot and Léon Marillier. It existed until 1890 when it was abandoned due to lack of interest.
- Netherlands - The Studievereniging voor Psychical Research (Dutch for Society for Psychical Research) was founded in 1917.
- Poland - The Polish Society for Psychical Research was very active before the second world war.
- Scotland - The Scottish Society for Psychical Research is active today.
- Sweden - Sällskapet för Parapsykologisk Forskning (the Swedish Society for Parapsychological Research) was founded in 1948.
- USA - An American branch of the Society was formed as the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) in 1885, which became independent in 1906. A splinter group, the Boston Society for Psychical Research existed from May 1925 to 1941.
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