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Claims of perceiving information by a 6th sense, the mind
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, clairvoyance and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Extrasensory perceptionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: VESPA: A General System for Vision-Based Extrasensory Perception Anticheating in Online FPS GamesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Clairvoyance and occult powersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face PerceptionCited 6,419 times
- Go sideways: Extrasensory Perception (book)A closely related topic
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📖 Definitions
Noun The supposed ability to obtain information without the use of normal sensory channels.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception
Extrasensory perception: Odorant and taste receptors beyond the nose and mouth
Extrasensory Perception
Belief in Extrasensory Perception and Illusory Control: A Replication
General: “Normal” Explanation of the Soal–Goldney Experiments in Extrasensory Perception
Extrasensory Perception Experiences and Childhood Trauma
Do pathologists have extrasensory perception?
Rethinking Extrasensory Perception
🆕 Influential since 2022
VESPA: A General System for Vision-Based Extrasensory Perception Anticheating in Online FPS Games
Neuroimaging findings in extrasensory perception research: A PRISMA-informed descriptive synthesis
Almost a coin flip: Chance-like performance on TOMM Trial 1 using a sham extrasensory perception condition
Unveiling the EEG signatures of extrasensory perception during spiritual experiences: A single-case study with a well-renowned channeler
Universal threads: Shared sociopolitical roots and consequences of extrasensory perception and pseudoscientific beliefs
📚 Books worth reading
Clairvoyance and occult powersSwami Panchadasi, William Walker Atkinson · 1916
Practical Mind ReadingWilliam Walker Atkinson · 1908
FireKristin Cashore · 2009
Mob Psycho 100ONE · 2018
Psion (Cat)Joan D. Vinge · 1982
WitchChristopher Pike · 1990
Into the DreamWilliam Sleator · 1979
The third eyeLois Duncan · 1984
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🔗 Related topics
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- Clairvoyance Clairvoyance (/klɛərˈvɔɪ.əns/; from French clair 'clear' and voyance 'vision') is the claimed ability to acquire information that would be considered impossible…
- Joseph Banks Rhine Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980), usually known as J. B. Rhine, was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch…
- Parapsychology Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, telekinesis, and…
- Sensory leakage Sensory leakage is a term used to refer to information that transferred to a person by conventional, non-paranormal means during an experiment into extrasensory…
- Zener cards Zener cards are cards used to conduct experiments for extrasensory perception (ESP). Perceptual psychologist Karl Zener (1903–1964) designed the cards…
- Telepathy Telepathy (from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) 'distant' and πάθος/-πάθεια (páthos/-pátheia) 'feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience') is the…
- Ganzfeld experiment A ganzfeld experiment (from the German words for "entire" and "field") is an assessment used by parapsychologists that they contend can test for extrasensory…