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Psychical research

Psychic, from the Greek psychikosof extra-sensory perception.
meaning "mental, of the soul" (in turnIn 1957, the Parapsychological
derived from psyche meaning "soul,Association was formed as the preeminent
mind"), is a term used to describesociety for parapsychologists. In 1969,
phenomena or abilities that are said tothey became affiliated with the American
originate from the brain but whichAssociation for the Advancement of
transcend its confines.Science. That affiliation, along with a
The term Psychic is commonly used ingeneral openness to psychic and occult
reference to the paranormal in general,phenomena in the 1970s, led to a decade
but is more accurately applied toof increased parapsychological research.
phenomena which are said to involve Psi.During this time, other notable
People who are said to possess psychicorganizations were also formed,
abilities are referred to as "psychics".including the Academy of Parapsychology
The word itself was coined by Frenchand Medicine (1970), the Institute of
astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842 –Parascience (1971), the Academy of
1925). Edward William Cox has beenReligion and Psychical Research, the
credited with introducing it into theInstitute of Noetic Sciences (1973), and
English language.the International Kirlian Research
Psychical researchAssociation (1975). Each of these groups
The rise of modern inquiry into reportsperformed experiments on paranormal
of psychical phenomena coincided withsubjects to varying degrees.
the introduction of modern SpiritualismParapsychological work was also
in 1848 and the movement's claims ofconducted at the Stanford Research
paranormal abilities. ShortlyInstitute during this time, research
thereafter, the Society for Psychicalwhich continued till February 2007.
Research was founded in Britain (1882)In 1979, survey conducted to assess
and the American Society for Psychicalbelief in one specific field associated
Research was founded in the Unitedwith psychics (ESP). It covered 1,100 US
States (1885). Spiritualism was socollege professors and indicated that
widespread and the reports of itsmore than 50% of them believed that ESP
effects so numerous and impressive thatis either an established fact or a
it was inevitable that scientists wouldlikely possibility". Belief was shown to
be attracted to the alleged phenomena.be highest among those involved in arts
Early psychical researchers concernedand humanities, but lowest among
themselves with studying mediums andpsychologists.
spiritualist claims. In the early 1900s,The methodology and results of
a dissatisfaction with the results ofparapsychological work are often debated
the research and political disagreementswithin the scientific community.However,
within psychic research organizationsa consensus within the field of
led to a new approach and a new term forparapsychology is that certain types of
the study of psychic phenomena:psychic phenomena such as psychokinesis,
parapsychology.telepathy, and precognition are
Parapsychology began using thewell-established experimentally. Critics
experimental approach to psychicsuch as Ray Hyman argue that the
phenomena in the 1930s under theevidence for psi (psychic phenomena)
direction of J. B. Rhine (1895 –needs further replication and
1980).[4] Rhine popularized the nowtheoretical work before it is accepted.
famous methodology of usingHowever, the existence of psychics and
card-guessing and dice-rollingthe validity of parapsychological
experiments in the laboratory in anexperiments is disputed by skeptics
attempt to find a statistical validation



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