parapsychological

Studying psychic phenomena

Parapsychological describes phenomena or research relating to mental abilities that fall outside conventional scientific explanation—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis.

The field of parapsychology investigates these claimed abilities, though mainstream science remains skeptical: The study examined parapsychological claims under controlled laboratory conditions.

ESP

clairvoyance

Extrasensory perception ability

precognitionParanormal future awareness
telepathyDirect mental communication
psychokinesisMind-powered object manipulation

psi · psychometry · Rhine

phenomena

apparition

Visible supernatural manifestation

poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
ectoplasmSupposed supernatural exudate

levitation · materialization · telekinesis · out-of-body · table-tipping

mystical

reincarnation

Soul's rebirth after death

karmaSpiritual cause and effect
past-lifePrevious bodily existence
auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone

chakra · prana · qi

practitioners

medium

Middle size or state

sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
channelerOne who transmits spirits
mentalistSupposed thought reader

clairvoyant · seer · spiritualist

research

Rhine

Major Central European waterway

meta-analysisCombined study statistics
replicationAct of duplicating precisely
randomizationIntroducing chance systematically

skeptic · falsifiability · methodology

Opposites

scientific methodology

parapsychologicalscientific

Of or using research methods

evidence-based · empirical · reproducible · normal · neuropsychological

explanatory framework

parapsychologicalmaterialist

Values physical over spiritual

naturalistic · mechanistic · biological · neuroscientific · physiological

Family

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