Parapsychology

Parapsychology
   The study of psychic abilities. Parapsychologists study two kinds of psychic phenomena. The first phenomena is Extrasensory Perception (ESP), which is when a person gets information using their mind, and not their five senses. This includes: seeing the future (Precognition), seeing the past (Retrocognition) which is often done in conjunction with Psychometry, seeing other places using the mind's eye (Clairvoyance, or Second Sight), hearing things with the mind that the ears could not hear (Clairaudience), reading someone’s mind or sending a mental message to someone (Telepathy) and sending your mind to some other place or time while your body stays in one place (Astral Projection). The other phenomena is Psychokinesis (also called PK) which is the ability to have some affect on an object without sensory input. This includes: moving an object (Telekinesis), causing an object to burst into flame (Pyrokinesis) and telling the history of an object by simply touching or holding it (Psychometry). Psychic research also studies hauntings, ghosts and trance mediumship. Also called psi phenomena. See TaischTaisch.

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  • parapsychology — par a*psy*chol o*gy n. The field of study concerned with psychological phenomena not explainable by the laws of physics, especially extrasensory perception, telepathy, psychokinesis, precognition, and clairvoyance. Note: The field is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parapsychology — (n.) 1924, from PARA (Cf. para ) beside + PSYCHOLOGY (Cf. psychology) …   Etymology dictionary

  • parapsychology — ► NOUN ▪ the study of mental phenomena which are outside the sphere of orthodox psychology (such as hypnosis or telepathy). DERIVATIVES parapsychological adjective parapsychologist noun …   English terms dictionary

  • parapsychology — [par΄əsī käl′ə jē] n. [ PARA 1 + PSYCHOLOGY] the branch of psychology that investigates psychic phenomena, such as telepathy, extrasensory perception, or clairvoyance parapsychological [par΄əsī΄kə läj′i kəl] adj. parapsychologist n …   English World dictionary

  • Parapsychology — American psychologist and philosopher William James (1842–1910) was an early psychical researcher.[1] Part of a series of artic …   Wikipedia

  • parapsychology — parapsychological, adj. parapsychologist, n. /par euh suy kol euh jee/, n. the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like. [1925 30;… …   Universalium

  • parapsychology — [[t]pæ̱rəsaɪkɒ̱ləʤi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Parapsychology is the study of strange mental abilities that seem to exist but cannot be explained by accepted scientific theories …   English dictionary

  • parapsychology — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1925 a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence for paranormal psychological phenomena (as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis) • parapsychological adjective •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • parapsychology — noun /ˌpɛrəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ The study of that which cannot yet be explained; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts. See Also: metaphysics, paranormal …   Wiktionary

  • parapsychology — The study of extrasensory perception, such as thought transference (telepathy) and clairvoyance. * * * para·psy·chol·o·gy .par ə (.)sī käl ə jē n, pl gies a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence fo …   Medical dictionary

  • parapsychology — The study of allegedly paranormal phenomena. Also known as psychical research …   Philosophy dictionary

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