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Extrasensory perception - Wikipedia

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Extrasensory perception, ESP or Esper, also called sixth sense or second sight, includes claimed reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind.

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What is extra sensory perception in psychology?

Medical Definition of extrasensory perception. : perception (as in telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition) that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience—called also ESP.

What are some examples of extrasensory perception?

Types and Examples. There are several types of extrasensory perception. The major types are telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, retrocognition, mediumship, and psychometry. Telepathy is the ability to perceive other people's thoughts. ... People with this ability are referred to as telepaths.

What are the different types of extrasensory perception?

Rhine, the term was used to refer to psychic abilities and temporal operations.ESP is commonly called sixth sense, a fairly popularized topic in media and related industries. The four types of extrasensory perception include clairvoyance, psychokinesis, telepathy and precognition.

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Extrasensory perception (ESP), perception that occurs independently of the known sensory processes. Usually included in this category of phenomena are telepathy, or thought transference between persons; clairvoyance, or supernormal awareness of objects or events not necessarily known to others; and precognition, or knowledge of the future. Scientific investigation of these and similar phenomena dates from the late 19th century, with most supporting evidence coming from experiments involving card guessing. Subjects attempt to guess correctly the symbols of cards hidden from their view under controlled conditions; a better-than-chance percentage of correct calls on a statistically significant number of trials is considered to be evidence of ESP. Although many scientists continue to doubt the existence of ESP, people who claim this ability are sometimes used by investigative teams searching for missing persons or things.

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telepathy

direct transference of thought from one person (sender or agent) to another (receiver or percipient) without using the usual sensory channels of communication, hence a form of extrasensory perception (ESP). While the existence of telepathy has not yet been proved, some parapsychological research...

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clairvoyance

knowledge of information not necessarily known to any other person, not obtained by ordinary channels of perceiving or reasoning—thus a form of extrasensory perception (ESP). Spiritualists also use the term to mean seeing or hearing (clairaudience) the spirits of the dead that are said to...

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precognition

supernormal knowledge of future events, with emphasis not upon mentally causing events to occur but upon predicting those the occurrence of which the subject claims has already been determined. Like telepathy and clairvoyance, precognition is said to operate without recourse to the normal senses...

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extrasensory perception (ESP) - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

Some people believe that they have extrasensory perception (ESP), or the ability to perceive information independently of, and beyond, the known senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and tasting). Three main types of ESP are generally described. They are clairvoyance, telepathy, and precognition. Clairvoyance, which means "clear seeing" in French, is said to be a supernormal awareness of events, objects, or people obtained without the use of the known senses and not necessarily known to any other person. Telepathy is the direct transfer of thoughts or mental states from one person to another, also without use of the usual sensory channels. Precognition is the perception of a future event.

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