The current volume contains abbreviated versions of the conference papers originally presented at the 36th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association held in 1993. The conference papers are divided into eight topic areas: Distant Mental Influence on Living Systems, Meta-Analyses, Physical Variables, Free Response Research Directions, Psi and Psychology, Social and Cultural Perspectives, Psychokinesis Research, and Perceptual Variables. Research in Parapsychology 1993 also includes invited addresses given by Stephen E. Braude, Joseph G. Depp, A.R. George Owen, Helmut Schmidt, Rex G. Stanford, and Rhea White, as well as the Presidential Address by Dean I. Radin. Invited addresses and the Presidential Address are published in full.