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6% among individuals with schizophrenia in one study. Thought broadcasting is a type of delusional condition in which the affected person believes that others can hear their inner thoughts, despite a clear lack of evidence. The person may believe that either those nearby can perceive their thoughts or that they are being transmitted via mediums ...
Telepathy (from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) 'distant' and πάθος / -πάθεια (páthos/-pátheia) ' feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience ') [3][4] 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.
Brain-reading. Brain-reading or thought identification uses the responses of multiple voxels in the brain evoked by stimulus then detected by fMRI in order to decode the original stimulus. Advances in research have made this possible by using human neuroimaging to decode a person's conscious experience based on non-invasive measurements of an ...
Kim Peek. Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", [1][2][3] he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond ...
On 23 July, Keith took time out to give a talk at the Science Gallery in Dublin and demonstrated the techniques of cold reading and explained how "psychics" can convince so many people that they can read minds. [5]
Astonishing X-Men #7 (March 2018). Professor X (Prof. Charles Francis Xavier) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). The character is depicted as the founder and occasional leader of ...
Mind reading may refer to: Telepathy, the transfer of information between individuals by means other than the five senses. The illusion of telepathy in the performing art of mentalism. Cold reading, a set of techniques used by mentalists to imply that the reader knows much more about the person than the reader actually does. Hot reading, a ...
Mentalism. Theatrical poster for a mind-reading performance, 1900. Mentalism is a performing art in which its practitioners, known as mentalists, appear to demonstrate highly developed mental or intuitive abilities. Mentalists perform a theatrical act that includes special effects that may appear to employ psychic or supernatural forces but ...