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Parapsychology: History, Research & Science

Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, telekinesis, and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near-death experiences, synchronicity, apparitional experiences, etc. Criticized as being a pseudoscience, the majority of…

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Parapsychology topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Research and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Parapsychology.

Related topics
301
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
306
Extracted relationships
225
Concept neighborhoods
64
Bridge connections
306

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.

History · 119 topics
Scientific reception · 83 topics
Overview · 54 topics
Research · 33 topics
Terminology · 12 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

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Terminology

History

Research

Scientific reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Parapsychology connects Entity context

The extracted context around Parapsychology shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Parapsychology → Academy, Advancement, American Association, American Society, Asia, During, Institute, International Kirlian Research Association, Karlis Osis, Kirlian, Laboratory, Medicine, Noetic Sciences, PA, Parapsychological, Parapsychological Association, Parascience, Physicist Russell Targ, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Psychiatrist Ian Stevenson Another extracted example is Parapsychology → Advancement, American Association, Archived, Committee, FindArticles, Index, James Randi Educational Foundation, Journal, JREF, MedicineInstitute, Noetic Sciences, Parapsychological Association, Perceptual Studies, Psychical Research, Rhine Research Center, Science, Skeptical Inquirer, Skeptical Inquiry, Society, SPR. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Parapsychology

Top relations

related to 1970s and 1980s · 32
Parapsychology → Academy, Advancement, American Association, American Society, Asia, During, Institute, International Kirlian Research Association, Karlis Osis, Kirlian, Laboratory, Medicine, Noetic Sciences, PA, Parapsychological, Parapsychological Association, Parascience, Physicist Russell Targ, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Psychiatrist Ian Stevenson
related to External links · 26
Parapsychology → Advancement, American Association, Archived, Committee, FindArticles, Index, James Randi Educational Foundation, Journal, JREF, MedicineInstitute, Noetic Sciences, Parapsychological Association, Perceptual Studies, Psychical Research, Rhine Research Center, Science, Skeptical Inquirer, Skeptical Inquiry, Society, SPR
related to Criticism of experimental results · 24
Parapsychology → Claims, Committee, Critical, CSICOP, Fellow, For, In, James Randi, Journal, Paranormal, Parapsychological Association Stanley Krippner, PEAR, President, Project Alpha, Psychologist Ray Hyman, Randi, Ray Hyman, Scientific Investigation, Some, Stuart Vyse
related to Modern era · 22
Parapsychology → After, Arizona's Veritas Laboratory, Early, Gary Schwartz, Institute, Kirlian, Laboratory, Most, Noetic Sciences, PEAR, Perceptual Studies, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Psychiatric Medicine, Several, Since, Some, The Division, Two, United States, University
related to Establishment of the Parapsychological Association · 19
Parapsychology → AAAS, Advancement, American Association, Constitution, Duke University, Durham, In, John, June, Margaret Mead, North Carolina, PA, Parapsychological Association, Parapsychology Laboratory, Rhine, Science, The, The Parapsychological Association, Wheeler
related to Fraud · 18
Parapsychology → Alice, Blackburn, Creery Sisters, Douglas Blackburn, Emily, George Albert Smith, Goldney, However, In, Kathleen, Mary, Maud, Psychical Research, Samuel Soal, Soal, Society, The, There
related to Terminology · 11
Parapsychology → Bertold Wiesner, British Journal, German, Greek, In, It, Max Dessoir, Psychology, Rhine, Robert Thouless, The
related to Selection bias and meta-analysis · 10
Parapsychology → Consequently, Critics, For, Irving Langmuir, It, Numerous, Park, PEAR, Physicist Robert Park, Selective
related to Skeptic organizations · 9
Parapsychology → American Magicians, Committee, James Randi, James Randi Educational Foundation, Occult Investigative Committee, Organizations, Skeptical Inquirer, Skeptical Inquiry, Society
related to Anomalistic psychology · 7
Parapsychology → A2, According, Chris French, In, It, UK, While

Important terminology

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Important terminology

research experiments psi results science paranormal parapsychological experiment evidence rhine parapsychologists studies scientific phenomena esp could psychokinesis wrote statistical data

Parapsychology relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 225 structured relationships around Parapsychology. Examples in this analysis include Parapsychology → is a → study of alleged psychic phenomena and Parapsychology → is a → struggling discipline that has not received much attention. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Parapsychologyis astudy of alleged psychic phenomena0.90text
Parapsychologyis astruggling discipline that has not received much attention0.90text
Parapsychologyis alargely isolated research area.The methods of parapsychologists are regarded by critics0.90text
Frank Podmore highlighted flaws in his experimentsinstance ofOther researchers0.80text
such as lack of controls to prevent trickeryinstance ofOther researchers0.80text
table-tiltinginstance ofand the physical aspects of Spiritualism0.80text
materializationinstance ofand the physical aspects of Spiritualism0.80text
and apportationinstance ofand the physical aspects of Spiritualism0.80text
Édouard Isidore Buguetinstance ofEleanor Sidgwick revealed the fraudulent methods that spirit photographers0.80text
Frederic Hudsoninstance ofEleanor Sidgwick revealed the fraudulent methods that spirit photographers0.80text
and William Hinstance ofEleanor Sidgwick revealed the fraudulent methods that spirit photographers0.80text
inadequate documentationinstance ofand the other six covered procedural flaws0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Parapsychology bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Research, Scientific and Rhine. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Parapsychology
    • Research
    • Scientific
    • Rhine
    • Science
    • Parapsychological
    • Experimental
    • Laboratory
    • Duke
    • Fraud
    • Parapsychologists
    • Published
    • Paranormal
  • parapsychology
    • Research
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    • Rhine
    • Science
    • Parapsychological
    • Experimental
    • Laboratory
    • Duke
    • Fraud
    • Parapsychologists
    • Published
    • Paranormal
  • paranormal
    • Phenomena
    • Evidence
    • Parapsychologists
    • Existence
    • Scientific
    • Study
    • Parapsychological
    • Research
    • Telepathy
    • Psi
    • Parapsychology
    • Psychic
  • princeton engineering anomalies research laboratory
    • Parapsychological
    • Duke
    • University
    • Scientific
    • Rhine
    • Conducted
    • Study
    • Also
    • Parapsychology
    • Psychokinesis
    • Science
    • Psi
  • psychokinesis
    • Could
    • Written
    • Laboratory
    • Also
    • Psi
    • Telepathy
    • University
    • Study
    • Esp
    • Data
    • Science
    • Scientific
  • parapsychological association
    • Research
    • Scientific
    • Science
    • Also
    • Phenomena
    • Psi
    • Parapsychology
    • Parapsychologists
    • Data
    • Subject
    • Years
    • Statistical
  • society for psychical research
    • Parapsychological
    • Scientific
    • Rhine
    • Conducted
    • Also
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    • Psi
    • Experimental
    • Years
    • Fraud
    • Published
    • Results
  • reichenbach's phenomena
    • Existence
    • Psychic
    • Study
    • Psi
    • Evidence
    • Parapsychological
    • Telepathy
    • Research
    • Scientific
    • Parapsychologists
    • Subject
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Parapsychology, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Parapsychology with History. 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
Parapsychology — History · splits 187 ⟂ 120
Parapsychology — Scientific reception · splits 223 ⟂ 84
Parapsychology — Overview · splits 252 ⟂ 55
Parapsychology — Research · splits 273 ⟂ 34
Parapsychology — Terminology · splits 294 ⟂ 13

Map overview Semantic statistics

Parapsychology

Nodes307
Edges306
Triples225
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006515
Components1

Source & methodology

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

Source: Wikipedia — Parapsychology · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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