Helané Wahbeh, Beth Glick, & Michael Kreigsman

Institute of Noetic Sciences, Novato, CA USA

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Introduction: This study builds upon previous research on the Noetic Signature Inventory, which is based on a 12-factor model that describes how people experience noetic information and demonstrated internal consistency, convergent and divergent content validity, and test–retest reliability. The 12-factors are: (1) General Intuition, (2) Embodied Sensations, (3) Visualizing to Access or Affect, (4) Inner Knowing Through Touch, (5) Healing, (6) Knowing the Future, (7) Physical Sensations from Other People, (8) Knowing Yourself, (9) Knowing Other’s Minds, (10) Apparent Communication with Non-physical Beings, (11) Knowing Through Dreams, and (12) Inner Voice. In a recent confirmatory factor analysis, the chi-square statistic equaled 2866.65 with 836 degrees of freedom and p less than .001. The model diagnostics demonstrated a very good model fit to the data. All 44 items had factor loadings above the 0.5 cutoff, ranging from 0.58 to 0.77, with an average factor loading of 0.71. The objectives of this study were to evaluate norms and patterns of the twelve factors of the Noetic Signature Inventory by answering three research questions. 1. What are the norms for the 12 factors by age, gender identification, and ethnic identification? 2. What are the relationships between the 12 factors? a. We hypothesized the following groupings of the 12 factors a priori: 1) Embodied Sensations, Inner Knowing Through Touch, and Physical Sensations from Other People, 2) Apparent Communication with Non-Physical Beings and Inner Voice; 3) Visualizing to Access/Affect and Healing, 4) Intuition and Knowing Yourself, and 5) Knowing the Future, Knowing Others’ Minds, and Knowing Through Dreams. 3. Are there patterns within individuals such that “types” of noetic signatures emerge?

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Helané Wahbeh is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Wahbeh is clinically trained as a naturopathic physician and research trained with a Master of Clinical Research and two post-doctoral research fellowships. She has published on and spoken internationally about her studies. Dr. Wahbeh is especially known for her research on channeling.

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Published on October 10, 2025