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s,osat0a0vd JN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : Gla RDPS6-00789R002600320004-5 * ~ PARAPSYCHOLOGY (GREEK “PARA-” NEAR, OUTSIDE) - FIELD OF RESEARCH STUDYING FORMS OF SENSITIVITY WHICH ARE NOT EXPLAINED BY THE ACTIVITY OF KNOWN SENSE © ORGANS, AS WELL AS FORMS OF INFLUENCE OF LIVING BEINGS UPON. SURROUNDING PHENO MENA, OCCURRING WITHOUT THE INTERMEDIARY OF MUSCULAR FORCES. SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE MENTIONED FORMS OF SENSITIVITY, WHICH ARE UNITED BY THE NOTION OF EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION, IS COMPLICATED BY THE NATURE OF LOCALIZATION OF THES PHENOMENA, DIFFICULTIES IN REPRODUCING THEM AND THEIR ELUSIVENESS. IN PARA-° PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES ATTEMPTS ARE UNDERTAKEN: TO EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENA B i DEOMOTOR ACTS, BY THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND THE INFLUENCE OF ‘SPECIFIC ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGIES OF THE LIVING ORGANISM (BIOFIELD).' FOR oe STUDYING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD AS A MEANS FOR BIOLOGICAL COMMUNICATION AND | HE CARRIER OF THE INFORMATION, METHODS OF BIOPHYSICS, ELECTRONICS, ETC.,ARE PPLIED. THE MATERIALISTIC APPROACH TO RESEARCH ON PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL PHENO- MENA, WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO EXPLORE BY EXPERIMENTAL MEANS, ASSISTS ITSDE- = MYSTIFICATION, AND UNMASKS IDEALISTIC SPECULATIONS ABOUT THEM. { “FROM FILOSOFSKIY SLOVAR (PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY), MOSCOW, 1980. GD 0004-5 + nee ae te Ren EG tne gn Porteetcteshet— = © _..- Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R00260032 } ?