Extra Sensory Perception
Extrasensory Perception (ESP) is the general term, introduced by J.B. Rhine, used to denote any manifestations of psi that appear to be analogous to sensory functions. It covers the phenomenon of:
Telepathy - lit. remote feeling/perception - where information perceived by one person is gained by another person when the currently recognised sensory channels are unavailable.
Clairvoyance - lit. clear seeing - where a person appears to gain information about their environment when the currently recognised sensory channels are unavailable.
Precognition - lit. pre-knowing - where nondeductible information about a future event is acquired.
Basically, the term used to describe the phenomenon is dependent on the situation in which it occurs - they are not necessarily seperate phenomena.
Other terms used in place of ESP are anomalous cognition, anomalous information transfer, second sight, tele- or para-gnosis, fortune telling, prophecy, scrying and divination.
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Guide to the ganzfeld ESP experiments
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Glossary of terms
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Last modified 22th. February 1996
Paul Stevens