parapsychology
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Shoma collects what she considers “incontrovertible proof” of the transmigration of souls, and the writing abounds in jargon from her research into parapsychology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Towards the end of her studies she switched to parapsychology from forensic psychology, which concentrates on criminal behaviour.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
The dubious field of parapsychology, for instance, owes its existence to the decades of pseudoscholarship churned out at Duke and Harvard University–and financed by wealthy private patrons.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
In a first-person story for the Times, Mr. Toth called the pretext for his arrest “laughable,” saying a source he believed was a scientist had handed him a paper on parapsychology, not military secrets.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
Boyle went on to carry out extensive research into the phenomenon of second sight, which one might describe as the beginnings of parapsychology.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Psychology
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