ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on extra-sensory perception (ESP). It deals with an emphasis on the interesting characters strongly for or against the existence of ESP. The great majority of psychologists are highly sceptical about the existence of ESP, and they argue that demonstrating the existence of ESP requires higher standards of evidence than most other phenomena in psychology. The disappointments associated with the experimental approach to testing ESP pioneered by Joseph Rhine led researchers to look for something better. Researchers have found that some people seem to better than others at producing a convincing score on an ESP test. Several studies have suggested that high ESP scores are easier to obtain when the people being tested are creative and imaginative individuals. A number of researchers have pointed out that there are some similarities between subliminal perception and ESP. For example, both subliminal perception and ESP involve the perception of a very weak signal which may not reach full conscious awareness.
