Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death using the scientific method. Parapsychological experiments have included the use of random number generators to test for evidence of precognition and psychokinesis with both human and animal subjects,[1][2][3] sensory-deprivation and Ganzfeld experiments to test for extrasensory perception, and research trials conducted under contract to the United States government to investigate whether remote viewing would provide useful intelligence information.The term parapsychology was coined in or around 1889 by psychologist Max Dessoir. It was adopted by J.B. Rhine in the 1930s as a replacement for the term psychical research, to indicate a significant shift toward laboratory methodologies in their work.American psychologist and philosopher William James (18421910) was an early psychical researcher.Parapsychologists study a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including but not limited to:
* Telepathy: Transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses.
* Precognition: Perception of information about future places or events before they occur.
* Clairvoyance: Obtaining information about places or events at remote locations, by means unknown to current science.
* Psychokinesis: The ability of the mind to influence matter, time, space, or energy by means unknown to current science.
* Reincarnation: The rebirth of a soul or other non-physical aspect of human consciousness in a new physical body after death.
* Hauntings: Phenomena often attributed to ghosts and encountered in places a deceased individual is thought to have frequented, or in association with the person’s former belongings.
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