| Parapsychology is the study of supernatural events | | | | attempts to sketch or otherwise describe that remote |
| including esp, consciousness after death, and the ability | | | | target photo. |
| to see through objects. The science can help you | | | | Ganzield is a technique used to test individuals for |
| answer the question - am I psychic? It can help you | | | | telepathy. The technique was developed to quickly |
| whether or not you are clairvoyant and whether or not | | | | quiet mental "noise" by providing a visual and auditory |
| you have psychic ability. | | | | environment. Isolating the visual sense is usually |
| Parapsychology is often referred to as a pseudo | | | | achieved by creating a soft red glow provided by half |
| science, even though it is studied by the military. | | | | ping-pong balls attached to the recipient's eyes. |
| Experiments conducted by parapsychologists have | | | | Parapsychologists study all different kinds of different |
| included the use of random number generators to test | | | | paranormal phenomena, including: |
| for evidence of being able to predict the future. The | | | | Telepathy - the transfer of information through the |
| random generator configures the numbers and the | | | | mind using only the power of thought |
| psychics must guess what the next number is going to | | | | Precognition - the ability to foretell the future |
| be. | | | | Clairvoyance - the ability to obtain information about |
| Parapsychology is also tested using | | | | events or places at remote locations |
| sensory-deprivation experiments. These are called | | | | Psycho kinesis - the ability of the mind to influence |
| Mansfield experiments. These are used to test for | | | | energy, matter, or time |
| extrasensory perception and research trials. The | | | | Reincarnation - the rebirth of the soul after death to |
| reason that these are considered to be so useful is | | | | live another life |
| that they are conducted under contract to the United | | | | Hauntings - This type of phenomena is often attributed |
| States government to investigate the possibility of | | | | to ghosts and the otherworldly activity is often |
| remote viewing. | | | | associated with a person's abode or belongings. |
| In remote viewing experiments, the psychic ability of a | | | | Parapscyhologists also help develop tests to measure |
| person is tested around their ability to see far into the | | | | the success of these psychic experiments. There are |
| future. Remote viewing experiments test the ability to | | | | a lot of critics of parapsychologists. Many of them |
| gather information on a remote target consisting of an | | | | believe that sloppy research methods and flaws in |
| object, place, or person that is hidden from the physical | | | | methodology prevent the findings from being accurate. |
| perception of the viewer and typically separated from | | | | So what constitutes a psychic in the end? Most |
| the viewer at some distance. In one type of remote | | | | parapsychologists define it in the end, as the ability is |
| viewing experiment, a pool of several hundred | | | | the person that does better than chance when it |
| photographs is created. One of these is randomly | | | | comes to determining the outcome of something like |
| selected by a third party to be the target. It is then | | | | the throw of dice. |
| set-aside in a remote location. The remote viewer | | | | |