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Extrasensory perception

Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke University botanist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, psychometry…

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related to Further reading · 42
Extrasensory perception → Bart, Canada, Crowell Co, Debunked, Deception, Donald Hebb, ESP, Extrasensory Deception, Georges Charpak, Ghosts, Gordon, Henri Broch, Holland, In Essays, Investigating Psychics, ISBN, Johns Hopkins University, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Macmillan, Milbourne Christopher
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Extrasensory perception → Duke University, ESP, In, Later, Louisa, North Carolina, Rhine, There, They, To, While Louisa Rhine, Zener
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Extrasensory perception → ESP, Parapsychology, Skeptics, The
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Extrasensory perception → Army, Inner, Stargate Project
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telepathyinstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
psychometryinstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
clairvoyanceinstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition.Second sight is an alleged form of extrasensory perceptioninstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
whereby a person perceives informationinstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
in the form of a visioninstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
about future events before they happeninstance ofRhine to denote psychic abilities0.80text
ESPinstance ofcarefully defining terms0.80text
psiinstance ofcarefully defining terms0.80text
the subject being able to read the symbols from the back of the cardsinstance ofRhine's experiments were discredited due to the discovery that sensory leakage or cheating could account for all his results0.80text
being able to seeinstance ofRhine's experiments were discredited due to the discovery that sensory leakage or cheating could account for all his results0.80text
hear the experimenter to note subtle clues.In the 1960sinstance ofRhine's experiments were discredited due to the discovery that sensory leakage or cheating could account for all his results0.80text

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