Psychiatry and Psychology

Parapsychology

Branch of psychology that deals with paranormal behavior and events such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance, which are not explicable by present day natural laws.

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Abstract

Branch of psychology that deals with paranormal behavior and events such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance, which are not explicable by present day natural laws.

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9 entry terms
  • Clairvoyance
  • Extrasensory Perception
  • Psychic Research
  • Psychical Research
  • Extrasensory Perceptions
  • Perception, Extrasensory
  • Perceptions, Extrasensory
  • Research, Psychic
  • Research, Psychical

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

CLAIRVOYANCE was see under PARAPSYCHOLOGY 1965-78; EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION & PSYCHICAL RESEARCH were see under PARAPSYCHOLOGY 1963-78

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  1. F02w.550w
  2. F04.096w.462w
  3. H01w.770w.644w.364w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parapsychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010268. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010268
  2. Parapsychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology
  3. Parapsychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179098