Skeptic's Dictionary - ESP (extrasensory perception)

Title: Skeptic's Dictionary - ESP (extrasensory perception) Category: Parapsychology / ESP Listing added: Jun 14, 2007 PageRank: 3/10

ESP or extrasensory perception is perception occurring independently of sight, hearing, or other sensory processes. People who have extrasensory perception are said to be psychic. It is commonly called ESP, a term popularized by J. B. Rhine, who began investigating the phenomenon at Duke University in 1927. ESP refers to telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and in recent years, remote viewing and clairaudience. The existence of ESP and other paranormal powers such as telekinesis, are disputed, though systematic experimental research on these subjects, known collectively as psi, has been ongoing for over a century in parapsychology.