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{{Infobox paranormal term
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|Usage = Terminology
|Name = Psi
|Origin = B. P. Wiesner (1942)
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|Definition = A term used to demarcate processes or effects associated with cognitive or physiological activity that fall outside of conventional scientific boundaries (ESP, for example).
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|Extra_Title = Pronunciation:
|Extra_Column = Pronounced with a silent ''p'', sounding like "sigh".
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'''''Psi''''' is a term from ] derived from the ], ''ψ'' ''psi,'' 23rd letter of the ]; from the Greek ''ψυχή'' ''psyche,'' "mind, soul".<ref>, Parapsychological Association (2007-02-03)</ref><ref name=parasoc1> - Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychological Association (2007-01-29)</ref>

==Etymology==
The term was coined by ] Bertold P. Wiesner, and first used by psychologist ] in a 1942 article published in the ''British Journal of Psychology''.<ref>Thouless, R. H. (1942). "Experiments on paranormal guessing". ''British Journal of Psychology'', ''33'', 15-27.</ref> ''Psi'' was argued by Thouless and Wiesner to offer a non-theoretical manner of referring to ] and ], these terms being unjustifiably loaded with suggestions as to how the phenomena were caused or experienced.

==Types==
Traditionally the term has had two sub-categories:<ref name=parasoc1>, Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychological Association (2007-01-29)</ref>
*Psi-Gamma - Pertaining to paranormal cognition (], remote viewing, etc.)
*Psi-Kappa - Pertaining to paranormal action (psychokinesis, etc.)

==Definitions==
Although Thouless and Wiesner were careful to offer psi as merely referring to certain paranormal activity worthy of study, it has come to connote the processes that somehow cause them, or a certain faculty of human psychology. In a 1994 paper in the ''Psychological Bulletin'', ] and ] defined psi thus:

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The term psi denotes anomalous processes of information or energy transfer, processes such as telepathy or other forms of extrasensory perception that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms. The term is purely descriptive: It neither implies that such anomalous phenomena are paranormal nor connotes anything about their underlying mechanisms.<ref>Bem, D. J., &amp; Honorton, C. (1994). Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer. ''Psychological Bulletin', ''115'', 4-18.</ref>
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Similarly, according to the ], psi can be

<blockquote>
used either as a noun or adjective to identify paranormal processes and paranormal causation; the two main categories of psi are psi-gamma (paranormal cognition; ]) and psi-kappa (] action; ]), although the purpose of the term "psi" is to suggest that they might simply be different aspects of a single process, rather than distinct and essentially different processes.<ref>http://www.parapsych.org/glossary_l_r.html#p Parapsychological Association Glossary of Parapsychological terms</ref>
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However, it has been pointed out by parapsychologist Carl Williams:

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Historically, the study of psi has been viewed as existing far outside the normal boundaries and concerns of 19th
- and 20th - century science. Whether proposing the possibility of contact with the dead or novel forms of
communication, books with titles such as ''Beyond the Reach of Sense'' (Heywood, 1974) and ''Beyond Reality'' (Rogo,
1990) establish psi as an object of scrutiny out of this world; and to many the study of psi and its existence are seen as existing in the ''Margins of Reality'' (Jahn & Dunne, 1987).<ref>http://hopelive.hope.ac.uk/psychology/para/METAPH1.pdf</ref>
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In popular culture, "psi" has become more and more synonymous with special ], ], and "]" abilities and powers.

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