parapsychologist
Studies psychic phenomena
A parapsychologist studies phenomena that fall outside conventional scientific explanation—telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, and communication with the dead.
The field occupies contested ground between science and pseudoscience, with practitioners applying experimental methods to claims most scientists dismiss.
The parapsychologist designed tests to measure extrasensory perception.
Direct mental communication
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- psychokinesisMind-powered object manipulation
extrasensory · apparition · poltergeist · haunting · levitation · out-of-body · psychometry · reincarnation
Middle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- telepathMental message receiver
seer · percipient · subject · gifted · practitioner
Record of daily events
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- grantBestow or award money
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
Container or instance
- interviewFormal questioning session
- witnessOne who attests
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
inquiry · examine · probe · client · report · observation · recording · instrumentation
Systematic investigation procedure
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
publication · hypothesis · Rhine · statistics · replication · meta-analysis · subject · trial
One who disproves falsehoods
- criticOne who judges merit
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
telepathy
Direct mental communication
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
psychokinesis · extrasensory · apparition · poltergeist · haunting · levitation · out-of-body · psychometry · reincarnation · aura
medium
Middle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
telepath · seer · percipient · subject · gifted · practitioner
journal
Record of daily events
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- grantBestow or award money
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
case
Container or instance
evidence · inquiry · examine · probe · client · report · observation · recording · instrumentation · baseline
experiment
Systematic investigation procedure
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · publication · hypothesis · Rhine · statistics · replication · meta-analysis · subject · trial · anomaly
debunker
One who disproves falsehoods
- paranormalistsmedium, clairvoyant, sensitive, spirit medium, demonologist
- pseudoscientistshomeopath, phrenologist, crystal healer, numerologist, reflexologist
- occultistswitches, wizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks
parapsychologistskeptic
One who doubts claims
debunker · physicist · neuroscientist · empiricist · rationalist
parapsychologistmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
cognitive psychologist · neuroscientist · clinical psychologist · neurobiologist · neuropsychologist