The ''Journal of Parapsychology'' is a biannual
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering research on
psi phenomena, including
telepathy
Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic ...
,
clairvoyance
Clairvoyance (; ) is the claimed ability to acquire information that would be considered impossible to get through scientifically proven sensations, thus classified as extrasensory perception, or "sixth sense". Any person who is claimed to h ...
,
precognition
Precognition (from the Latin 'before', and 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly aware of, events in the future.
There is no accepted scientific evidence that precognition is a ...
, and
psychokinesis, as well as human
consciousness
Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of a state or object, either internal to oneself or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations, and debate among philosophers, scientists, an ...
in general and anomalous experiences.
It was established in April 1937 by
Joseph Banks Rhine
Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980), usually known as J. B. Rhine, was an American Botany, botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch of psychology, founding the parapsychology lab at Duke University, the ...
(
Duke University
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).
It is published by the
Rhine Research Center and the current
editor-in-chief
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is Sally Ann Drucker (
Rhine Research Center). The journal is abstracted and indexed in
PsycINFO.
It publishes research reports, theoretical discussions,
book review
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s, and correspondence, as well as the abstracts of papers presented at the
Parapsychological Association's annual meeting.
According to ''Anomalistic Psychology'' authored by
Chris French, et al, it is "widely recognized as the highest quality journal within the field." However, parapsychology has been criticized as being a pseudoscience, and the majority of mainstream scientists reject it.
See also
* ''
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research''
* ''
Journal of Near-Death Studies''
* ''
Journal of Consciousness Studies''
* ''
Journal of Scientific Exploration''
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Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry (paranormal), psychometry) and other paranormal cla ...
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