Parapsychology studies alleged psychic phenomena, including extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance and telekinesis, along with paranormal claims connected to near-death experiences and synchronicity. Mainstream scientists widely regard the field as a pseudoscience, criticizing continued investigation despite more than a century without reproducible evidence, and research in the field rarely appears in mainstream scientific journals, with niche publications dominating instead.
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Central QuestionParapsychology asks whether alleged psychic phenomena such as extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition and clairvoyance, along with paranormal claims such as near-death experience and apparitional experience, are genuine and can be demonstrated by scientific method. 1 Key DebateMainstream science rejects parapsychology as a pseudoscience, criticizing the field for continuing more than a century of investigation without producing reproducible evidence for any psychic phenomenon, so its research appears almost entirely in a small number of niche journals rather than in the mainstream scientific literature. 1 Parapsychology
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Anomalistic psychology studies the same paranormal and anomalous claims parapsychology investigates, but from a skeptical psychological explanatory standpoint.
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1. Parapsychology
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Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, telekinesis, and psychometry) and other paranormal claims
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Parapsychology has been criticized for continuing investigation despite being unable to provide reproducible evidence for the existence of any psychic phenomena after more than a century of research.
Ganzfeld effect (Wikipedia)
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The effect is a component of the ganzfeld experiment, a technique used in the field of parapsychology.
Wikipedia: Anomalistic psychology
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Anomalistic psychology is sometimes described as a sub-field of parapsychology, however, anomalistic psychology rejects the paranormal claims of parapsychology.
Théodore Flournoy (Wikipedia)
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author of books on parapsychology and spiritism
Susan Blackmore (Wikipedia)
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she earned a PhD in parapsychology from the same university
Daryl Bem (Wikipedia)
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Daryl J. Bem (born June 10, 1938) is an American social psychologist and professor emeritus at Cornell University.
Cyril Burt (Wikipedia)
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Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt, FBA (3 March 1883 - 10 October 1971) was an English educational psychologist and geneticist who also made contributions to statistics.
Electronic voice phenomenon - Wikipedia
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Within ghost hunting and parapsychology, electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices.
Ideomotor phenomenon, Wikipedia
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The ideomotor phenomenon is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously.
Wikipedia: Third man factor
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The third man factor, third man effect, or third person syndrome refers to reported situations where a perceived unseen presence, such as a spirit, provides comfort or support during a traumatic experience.
Wikipedia: Near-death experience
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A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death, which researchers describe as having similar characteristics.
Automatic writing (Wikipedia)
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Automatic writing, also called psychography, is a claimed psychic ability allowing a person to produce written words without consciously writing.
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