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|Short = TP
|Additional_Names = Thought-transference
|Definition = The purported transference of thoughts or feelings between two or more subjects through
Psi
|Characteristics = One subject said to gain information from another that was shielded from their traditional senses by distance, time, or physical barriers.
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|See_Also =
Extra-sensory perception,
Anomalous cognition,
Ganzfeld experiment}}
Telepathy, from the
Greek τελε,
tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια,
patheia meaning "to be affected by", describes the purported transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the
five classical senses (See
Psi).
Telepathy in parapsychology
parapsychology, telepathy is considered to be a form of
extra-sensory perception (ESP) or
anomalous cognition in which information is transferred through Psi. It is often categorized similarly to
precognition and
clairvoyance. Various experiments have been used to test for telepathic abilities. Among the most well known are the use of
Zener cards and the
Ganzfeld experiment.
Zener cards are cards marked with five distinctive symbols. When using them, one individual is designated the "sender" and another the "receiver". The sender must select a random card and visualize the symbol on it, while the receiver must attempt to determine that symbol using Psi. Statistically, the receiver has a 20% chance of randomly guessing the correct symbol, so in order to demonstrate telepathy, they must repeatedly score a success rate that's significantly higher than 20%. If not conducted properly, this method can be vulnerable to
sensory leakage and
card counting.
Types of telepathy
Parapsychology describes several different forms of telepathy, including latent telepathy and precognitive telepathy. is described as being the transfer of information, through Psi, with an observable time-lag between transmission and receipt.
Skeptics say that instances of what seem to be telepathy are explained as the result of fraud or self-delusion and that telepathy doesn't exist as a paranormal power.
Parapsychologists and skeptics agree that many of the instances of more popular psychic phenomena, such as
mediumism, can be attributed to non-paranormal techniques such as
cold reading.
Magicians such as
Ian Rowland and
Derren Brown have demonstrated techniques and results similar to those of popular psychics, but they proffer psychological explanations instead of paranormal ones. They have identified, described, and developed complex psychological techniques of
cold reading and
hot reading.
A technique which shows statistically significant evidence of telepathy on every occasion has yet to be discovered. This lack of reliable reproducibility has led skeptics to argue that there's no credible scientific evidence for the existence of telepathy at all.
Skeptics also point to historical cases in which were discovered flaws in experimental design and occasional cases of fraud.
Parapsychologists such as
Dean Radin, president of the
Parapsychological Association, argues that the statistical significance and consistency of results shown by a
meta-analysis of numerous studies provides evidence for telepathy that's almost impossible to account for using any other means.
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