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Extra-Sensory Perception

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Rhine, J. B. • 1934 Rhine Era • overview

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This is where it all started. Published in 1934, Rhine's book is the big bang of experimental parapsychology -- the moment someone said, "Let's actually test psychic powers in a lab." At Duke University, Rhine had subjects guess symbols on Zener cards across 64,000+ trials. The results were statistically stunning -- some subjects scored so far above chance the odds against luck were astronomical. Rhine coined the term "ESP" and created protocols for testing telepathy (mind reading) and clairvoyance (sensing hidden objects). His methods became the blueprint parapsychology followed for decades, directly shaping later ganzfeld, remote viewing, and precognition research.

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APA 
Rhine, J. B. (1934). Extra-Sensory Perception. .
BibTeX 
@article{rhine_1934_extrasensory_perception,
  title = {Extra-Sensory Perception},
  author = {Rhine, J. B.},
  year = {1934},
  journal = {},
}