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[[Image:Wm james.jpg|thumb|right|150px|American psychologist and philosopher William James (1842–1910) was an early psychical researcher.]]
[[Image:Wm james.jpg|thumb|right|150px|American psychologist and philosopher [[William James]] (1842–1910) was an early psychical researcher.]]
'''Parapsychology''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: παρά ''para'', "alongside" + ''[[psychology]]'') is the study of ostensibly [[paranormal]] events including [[extrasensory perception]], [[psychokinesis]], and [[Life after death|survival of consciousness]] after death. '''Parapsychologists''' call these processes ''[[psi (parapsychology)|psi]]'', a term intended to be descriptive without implying a mechanism.<ref> {{cite journal|last=Bem|first=D. J.|coauthors= Honorton, C.|date=1994|title=Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer|journal=[[Psychological Bulletin]]|volume=115|pages=4–18}} </ref> Parapsychology is a [[fringe science]] because it involves research that does not fit within [[Scientific modelling|standard theoretical models]] accepted by [[Scientific consensus|mainstream science]].
'''Parapsychology''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: παρά ''para'', "alongside" + ''[[psychology]]'') is the study of ostensibly [[paranormal]] events including [[extrasensory perception]], [[psychokinesis]], and [[Life after death|survival of consciousness]] after death. '''Parapsychologists''' call these processes ''[[psi (parapsychology)|psi]]'', a term intended to be descriptive without implying a mechanism.<ref> {{cite journal|last=Bem|first=D. J.|coauthors= Honorton, C.|date=1994|title=Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer|journal=[[Psychological Bulletin]]|volume=115|pages=4–18}} </ref> Parapsychology is a [[fringe science]] because it involves research that does not fit within [[Scientific modelling|standard theoretical models]] accepted by [[Scientific consensus|mainstream science]].
