parapsychology
noun
para·psy·chol·o·gy
ˌper-ə-(ˌ)sī-ˈkä-lə-jē 
ˌpa-rə-
: a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence for paranormal psychological phenomena (such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis)
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The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of the most prominent parapsychology research units in the world.
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Wales border, Barker had a sideline in parapsychology.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
At risk is the enormous, one-of-a-kind Eileen J. Garrett Library, a staggering archive of books, scholarly papers, photographs, letters and some 600 videos documenting the broad and complicated field of parapsychology in the 20th century.
—New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Wales border, Barker had a sideline in parapsychology.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
At risk is the enormous, one-of-a-kind Eileen J. Garrett Library, a staggering archive of books, scholarly papers, photographs, letters and some 600 videos documenting the broad and complicated field of parapsychology in the 20th century.
—New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
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parapsychology
noun
para·psy·chol·o·gy
ˌpar-ə-(ˌ)sī-ˈkäl-ə-jē
plural parapsychologies
: a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence for paranormal psychological phenomena (as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis)
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