Extrasensory perception
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Extrasensory perception (ESP) refers to subjective impression of being able to acquire information without the use of sensations and without inferences based on sensations, logical reasoning, or scientific knowledge (Scimeca et al. 856). Thus, this may oftentimes also be referred as a "sixth sense" or cryptaesthesia.
History
It has been claimed that the term "Extra Sensory Perception" was coined by explorer Sir Richard Burton in 1870 ("Extra Sensory Perception: a Brief History", Roeckelein 450). It has further been asserted that French parapsychologist Paul Joire used the expression "ESP" as early as 1872[1], but more likely Joire used the phrase for the first time some time later, in 1892 ("Extra Sensory Perception: a Brief History", Roeckelein 450)[2].
Notes
- ↑ This reference was found in an Academia.edu paper entitled "Is the Ideomotor Effect a Comprehensive Explanation for 'Extraordinary Human Activities' such as ESP and Psychokiness'. It was uploaded by Geoffrey Mutundu and is available here. It is possible that Mutundu meant to write 1892, however.
- ↑ Despite a few references to a 1892 Joire mention, no 1892 publications by Joire could be successfully located. Further, this could be complicated by the modern French term for ESP being perception extrasensorielle.
See Also
External Links
- Extra Sensory Perception: a brief history - The Telegraph
- ESP - extrasensory perception - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com
- Extrasensory perception - RationalWiki
- Extrasensory perception - Wikipedia
References
- "Extra Sensory Perception: a Brief History." The Telegraph, 6 Jan. 2011, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/8244695/Extra-Sensory-Perception-a-brief-history.html.
- Brugger, Peter, and K. I. Taylor. "ESP: Extrasensory Perception or Effect of Subjective Probability?" Journal of Consciousness Studies 10.6-7 (2003): 221-46. Print.
- Brugger, Peter, Marianne Regard, and Theodor Landis. "Belief in Extrasensory Perception and Illusory Control: A Replication." The Journal of Psychology 125.4 (1991): 501-02. Print.
- Foster, A. A. "ESP Tests with American Indian Children: A Comparison of Methods." The Journal of Parapsychology 7.2 (1943): 94-103. Print.
- Foster, Simon R., Eugeni Roura, and Walter G. Thomas. "Extrasensory Perception: Odorant and Taste Receptors beyond the Nose and Mouth." Pharmacology & Therapeutics 142.1 (2014): 41-61. Print.
- Kellogg, C. E. "Rhine and Extrasensory Perception." The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 31.2 (1936): 190-93. Print.
- Lemmon, Vernon W. "Extra-Sensory Perception." The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied 4.1 (1937): 227-38. Print.
- Roeckelein, Jon E. Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories. Elsevier, 2006.
- Scott, C., and P. Haskell. "General: “Normal” Explanation of the Soal–Goldney Experiments in Extrasensory Perception." Nature 245 (1973): 52-54. Print.
- Scimeca, Giuseppe, Antonio Bruno, Gianluca Pandolfo, Giulia La Ciura, Rocco A. Zoccali, and Maria R. A. Muscatello. "Extrasensory Perception Experiences and Childhood Trauma." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 203.11 (2015): 856-63. Print.
- Stanovich, Keith E. "Implicit Philosophies of Mind: The Dualism Scale and Its Relation to Religiosity and Belief in Extrasensory Perception." The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied 123.1 (1989): 5-23. Print.