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Extrasensory perception: History, Skepticism & Overview

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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Extrasensory perception topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Skepticism and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Extrasensory perception.

Related topics
37
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
40
Extracted relationships
81
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
40

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 14 topics
Skepticism · 13 topics
History · 10 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

History

Skepticism

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Extrasensory perception connects Entity context

The extracted context around Extrasensory perception shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is Extrasensory perception → Duke University, ESP, In, Later, Louisa, North Carolina, Rhine, There, They, To, While Louisa Rhine, Zener. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Extrasensory perception

Top relations

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
related to history · 12
Extrasensory perception → Duke University, ESP, In, Later, Louisa, North Carolina, Rhine, There, They, To, While Louisa Rhine, Zener
related to Skepticism · 4
Extrasensory perception → ESP, Parapsychology, Skeptics, The
see also · 3
Extrasensory perception → Army, Inner, Stargate Project
related to External links · 2
Extrasensory perception → Extrasensory, FBI

Important terminology

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Important terminology

esp perception extrasensory second sight isbn psychic cards rhine parapsychology evidence experiments precognition card experimental could university known abilities telepathy

Extrasensory perception relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 81 structured relationships around Extrasensory perception. Examples in this analysis include telepathy → instance of → Rhine to denote psychic abilities and ESP → instance of → carefully defining terms. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Extrasensory perception bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Perception, Information and Ability. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Extrasensory perception
    • Perception
    • Information
    • Ability
    • Evidence
    • Rhine
    • Also
    • Paranormal
    • Vision
    • Abilities
    • Known
    • Precognition
    • Pseudoscience
  • extrasensory perception
    • Perception
    • Information
    • Ability
    • Evidence
    • Rhine
    • Also
    • Paranormal
    • Vision
    • Abilities
    • Known
    • Precognition
    • Pseudoscience
  • zener cards
    • Cards
    • Symbols
    • Zener
    • Called
    • Could
    • Flaws
    • Many
    • Card
    • Clairvoyance
    • Precognition
    • See
    • Telepathy
  • ganzfeld experiments
    • Rhine's
    • Parapsychology
    • See
    • Symbols
    • Telepathy
    • Due
    • Flaws
    • Many
    • Results
    • Subject
    • Could
    • Rhine
  • j. b. rhine
    • Clairvoyance
    • Perception
    • Precognition
    • Telepathy
    • Due
    • Results
    • Rhine's
    • Experimental
    • Evidence
    • Experiments
    • Parapsychology
  • abilities
    • Psychic
    • Clairvoyance
    • Ability
    • Precognition
    • Pseudoscience
    • Telepathy
    • Parapsychology
    • Rhine
    • Extrasensory
    • Perception
    • Esp
  • louisa e. rhine
    • Clairvoyance
    • Perception
    • Precognition
    • Telepathy
    • Due
    • Results
    • Rhine's
    • Experimental
    • Evidence
    • Experiments
    • Parapsychology
  • duke university
    • Duke
    • University
    • Also
    • See
    • Card
    • Evidence
    • Experiments
    • Parapsychology
    • Perception
    • Esp

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Extrasensory perception, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Extrasensory perception with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Extrasensory perceptionOverview · splits 26 ⟂ 15
Extrasensory perceptionSkepticism · splits 27 ⟂ 14
Extrasensory perceptionHistory · splits 30 ⟂ 11

Map overview Semantic statistics

Extrasensory perception

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples81
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Extrasensory perception to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Skepticism & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Extrasensory perception · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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