Glossary of paranormal study & research terms used both on and off this site.
There are 133 entries in this glossary.B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Basic Technique |
Term used in card-guessing tests of clairvoyance, in which the top card of the deck is placed to one side after each guess. |
| Billet Reading |
Procedure in which a question is secretly written on a piece of paper which is folded or sealed in an envelope, and handed to the psychic who attempts to answer the question. |
| Bilocation |
Being (or appearing to be) in two different places at the same time. |
| Bio-PK |
Psychokinetic effects on biological processes. |
| Biofeedback |
A general term for techniques that involve giving a person information about their current physiological state (e.g., heart rate, EEG). Biofeedback is used to enable people to control consciously their physiological processes. |
| bivariate analysis |
Pertaining to two variables only |
| Blind |
An experimental control in which subjects are not informed of certain key features of the experiment. Also used to refer to a procedure where a judge is asked to compare targets and responses without knowing which responses were made to which targets. See also double blind. |
| Blind matching (BM) |
An identical procedure to open matching, except that the key cards are unseen by the subject. |
| Book test |
(a) A communication in which the sitter is asked to look at a specific book and page in order to receive a significant message. (b) An effect in which the psychic or mentalist divines the words written on a particular page of a book. |