In 1984, the United States National Academy of Sciences, at the request of the US Army Research Institute, formed a scientific panel to assess the best evidence for psychokinesis. Evaluation of a large body of the best available evidence simply does not support the contention that these phenomena exist." : 149–161 Ī panel commissioned in 1988 by the United States National Research Council to study paranormal claims concluded that "despite a 130-year record of scientific research on such matters, our committee could find no scientific justification for the existence of phenomena such as extrasensory perception, mental telepathy or 'mind over matter' exercises. There is a broad scientific consensus that psychokinetic research has not produced a reliable demonstration of the phenomenon. In parapsychology, fictional universes and New Age beliefs, psychokinesis and telekinesis are different: psychokinesis refers to the mental influence of physical systems and objects without the use of any physical energy, while telekinesis refers to the movement and/or levitation of physical objects by purely mental force without any physical intervention. The word telekinesis, a compound of the Greek τῆλε ( tēle) – meaning "distance" – and κίνησις ( kinesis) – meaning "motion", was first used in 1890 by Russian psychical researcher Alexander N. His initial example of psychokinesis was experiments that were conducted to determine whether a person could influence the outcome of falling dice. Following this, he used the term psychokinesis in 1934 to describe mentally influencing external objects or events without the use of physical energy. Rhine coined the term extra-sensory perception to describe receiving information paranormally from an external source. The term is a compound of the Greek words ψυχή ( psyche) – meaning "mind", "soul", "spirit", or "breath" – and κίνησις ( kinesis) – meaning "motion" or "movement". The word psychokinesis was coined in 1914 by American author Henry Holt in his book On the Cosmic Relations. 3.2 Notable claimants of psychokinetic abilities.
2.5 Prize money for proof of psychokinesis.
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