ESP & Psychokinesis
The term extra-sensory perception (ESP), introduced in the 1930s, comprises telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition, acknowledging that these categories may considerably overlap. Psychokinesis is the direct influence on matter by mind alone, without physical action. All have been successfully tested in the laboratory and studied in real life situations.
Altered States of Consciousness and Psi
Altered states of consciousness have long been known to be associated with psi experiences.
Animals in Psi Research
Describes informal observations, early tests and modern lab experiments looking at animals' psychic capabilities.
Experimental Psi Research in Asia and Australia
Contributions to psi research by labs and individuals in Australia, Japan, China and India
The Brain and Psi
Describes how electroencephalography (EEG) and brain imaging technology are being used to demonstrate psychic functioning.
Psi Research in Brazil
Traces the development of interest in paranormal phenomena and parapsychology in Brazil.
Psi Research in China
Recent experimental and theoretical work in China includes successful attempts to train ESP abilities in blind children.
Coover Telepathy Experiments
Early telepathy experiments, once thought a failure, now considered statistically significant.
Creative Subjects in Ganzfeld
Series of successful ESP experiments with dance, drama and music students of New York’s Juilliard School.
Creery Telepathy Experiments
Apparently successful early experiments in telepathy later discredited by admissions of cheating.
Decline Effect in Parapsychology
Review of the 'decline effect’ in psi testing, a falling off in participants' performance over time.
Delgado-Romero and Howard Telepathy Experiments
Controversial ganzfeld tests intended to correct flaws in experimental design.
Dermo-Optical Perception
Describes scientific research into the phenomenon of ‘seeing’ colours by touch alone.
Dreams and ESP
Describes the study of psi in dreams, notably of telepathic interactions and precognition of future events.
Experimental Parapsychology in Europe
Overview of psi research in laboratories across continental Europe.
Experimental Parapsychology
Overview of efforts to apply experimental methods to the study of psi experiences, from the 1870s to today.
Experimenter Effects
Parapsychologists have come to believe that experimenters play a major role in influencing the outcome of psi tests.
Extraocular Image (China)
1980s experiments in which children demonstrated an ability to recognize hidden images and words by touch alone.
Feeling the Future (Precognition Experiments)
A ground-breaking ESP study that appeared to show a precognitive effect was reported in 2011.
Ganzfeld ESP
The Ganzfeld is a sensory deprivation laboratory technique that has proven effective in facilitating telepathy and remote viewing.
Global Consciousness Project
International project the looks for deviations from chance on random number generators.
Jaytee (Pet Telepathy)
Describes experiments that appeared to show a telepathic link between a dog and its owner.
Maimonides Dream Telepathy Research
This article describes ESP dreaming experiments carried out in a New York sleep laboratory.
Martial Arts and Psi
A tradition within martial arts claims that an adept may learn to use ESP and psychokinesis to dominate opponents.
Meditation and Psi
Traditional Yogic and Buddhist teachings state that a person who attains a higher state of consciousness will manifest psychic powers (siddhis).
Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology
Meta-analysis is a statistical procedure that combines studies in a particular area of research to provide more robust findings
Metal Bending Research
Survey of research into claims that cutlery and other metal objects can potentially be bent by mind force alone.
Gilbert Murray Telepathy Experiments
Successful informal ESP tests carried out by an Australian-British classics scholar (1866-1957).
Music and Psi
Explores the many ways music has been related to altered states of consciousness and psychic experiences.
N’kisi (pet telepathy)
Successful telepathy experiment carried out with an African Grey parrot which had been taught to speak several words.
Psi Research in the Netherlands
Dutch psi research is characterized by a recurring clash between qualitative and quantitative methods.
Observational Theories of Psi
Psi works by cognizing and manipulating the invisible underworld of quantum probabilities.
Parapsychology in Psychology Textbooks
Describes how psychology textbooks persistently misrepresent the field of parapsychology.
Parapsychology PhDs in the UK (list)
A significant number of people in Britain have gained doctorates in parapsychology.
Precognition
Surveys the investigative literature on precognition, giving examples of reported cases and the conclusions of researchers.
Precognition Without Retrocausation
Precognitive dreams may be interpreted in terms of retrocausation, but is this the best way?
Presentiment
Research on an unconscious form of precognition that can demonstrated with techniques commonly used in tests of psychophysiology.
Psi for Financial Gain
Anecdotal accounts and lab tests suggest that psi can at times be used to advantage in gambling and financial speculation.
Psi Research in France
This article discusses psi research in France, from nineteenth century ‘animal magnetism’ to the present day.
Psi Research in North America
Key organizations and individuals involved in psi research in the US and Canada, from the 1930s to the present day.
Psychedelics and Psi
A gradual easing of restrictions means that psi research with psychedelics, once prevalent, could soon resume.
Psychic Detection
The record of psychics involved in police work is mixed, with striking successes in some cases, complete failures in others.
Psychology and Parapsychology
Explores the overlap between psychology and parapsychology, describing personality and other variables linked to psi.
Psychometry
A type of clairvoyance facilitated by holding an object, which enables a psychic to describe key incidents in the lives of its previous owners.
Remote Viewing
An experimental form of clairvoyance, in which a suitably trained person attempts to visualise the topography of a distant scene.
Richet’s ‘La Suggestion Mentale’
In a 1884 paper, physiologist Charles Richet pioneered the use of statistics in telepathy experiments
Psi Research in Russia
Limited but significant psi research has been carried out in Russia since the nineteenth century.
Sense of Being Stared At: Experimental Evidence
Recent investigations suggest that the phenomenon is real.
Sense of Being Stared At: Theories of Vision
This article discusses theoretical implications of findings with regard to theories of vision.
Sheep-Goat Effect
In experimental tests, participants who believe in psi (sheep) score positively while those who do not believe (goats) score at chance.
Sinclair Telepathy Experiments
A successful series of ESP drawing experiments carried out by American author Upton Sinclair and his wife Craig.
Smith and Blackburn Controversy
19tth century telepathy experiments of two young men, one of whom later said they had cheated.
Transparent Psi Project
This article describes a failed effort to replicate a famous precognitive effect reported by Bem in 2011.
Twin Telepathy
Suggestions of telepathy between twins often appear in the popular press, but there is as yet no sustained research in this area.
UK (Non-University) Paranormal Research
Overview of non-university organizations that carry out psi research.
Experimental Parapsychology in the UK
The UK arguably leads psi research in Europe, having active centres in at least eight universities.
Unusual Ways of Testing for Psi
Psi abilities have been tested in more ways than the usual ones of card guessing, dice throwing, remote viewing and Ganzfeld.
Wilkins and Sherman Telepathy
A successful long-distance telepathy experiment was carried out over a five-month period in 1938.