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Psychical research

Psychic, from the Greek psychikos meaningof  extra-sensory  perception.
"mental, of the soul" (in turn derived from
psyche meaning "soul, mind"), is a term usedIn 1957, the Parapsychological Association
to describe phenomena or abilities that arewas formed as the preeminent society for
said to originate from the brain but whichparapsychologists. In 1969, they became
transcend  its  confines.affiliated with the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. That affiliation,
The term Psychic is commonly used inalong with a general openness to psychic and
reference to the paranormal in general, butoccult phenomena in the 1970s, led to a
is more accurately applied to phenomena whichdecade of increased parapsychological
are said to involve Psi. People who are saidresearch. During this time, other notable
to possess psychic abilities are referred toorganizations were also formed, including the
as  "psychics".Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine
(1970), the Institute of Parascience (1971),
The word itself was coined by Frenchthe Academy of Religion and Psychical
astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842 –Research, the Institute of Noetic Sciences
1925). Edward William Cox has been credited(1973), and the International Kirlian
with introducing it into the EnglishResearch Association (1975). Each of these
language.groups performed experiments on paranormal
subjects to varying degrees.
Psychical  researchParapsychological work was also conducted at
the Stanford Research Institute during this
The rise of modern inquiry into reports oftime, research which continued till February
psychical phenomena coincided with the2007.
introduction of modern Spiritualism in 1848
and the movement's claims of paranormalIn 1979, survey conducted to assess belief in
abilities. Shortly thereafter, the Societyone specific field associated with psychics
for Psychical Research was founded in Britain(ESP). It covered 1,100 US college professors
(1882) and the American Society for Psychicaland indicated that more than 50% of them
Research was founded in the United Statesbelieved that ESP is either an established
(1885). Spiritualism was so widespread andfact or a likely possibility". Belief was
the reports of its effects so numerous andshown to be highest among those involved in
impressive that it was inevitable thatarts and humanities, but lowest among
scientists would be attracted to the allegedpsychologists.
phenomena. Early psychical researchers
concerned themselves with studying mediumsThe methodology and results of
and spiritualist claims. In the early 1900s,parapsychological work are often debated
a dissatisfaction with the results of thewithin the scientific community.However, a
research and political disagreements withinconsensus within the field of parapsychology
psychic research organizations led to a newis that certain types of psychic phenomena
approach and a new term for the study ofsuch as psychokinesis, telepathy, and
psychic  phenomena:  parapsychology.precognition are well-established
experimentally. Critics such as Ray Hyman
Parapsychology began using the experimentalargue that the evidence for psi (psychic
approach to psychic phenomena in the 1930sphenomena) needs further replication and
under the direction of J. B. Rhine (1895theoretical work before it is accepted.
– 1980).[4] Rhine popularized the nowHowever, the existence of psychics and the
famous methodology of using card-guessing andvalidity of parapsychological experiments is
dice-rolling experiments in the laboratory indisputed by skeptics
an attempt to find a statistical validation



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