TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00789R002600010014-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 2, 1994
• Content Type: MEMO

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TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS (U)
(U) PHENOMENA TERMINOLOGY
(U) This phenomenological area has had a variety of
descriptive terms over the years, such as paranormal,
parapsychological, or as psychical research. Foreign researchers
use other terms: "psychoenergetics" in Russia and the Former
Soviet Union (FSU); "extraordinary human function" in the
People's Republic of China (PRC). In general, this field is
concerned with a largely unexplored area of human
consciousness/subconsciousness interactions associated with
unusual or underdeveloped human capabilities.
(U) Recently, researchers have shown a preference for terms
that are neutral and that emphasizes the anomalous or enigmatic
nature of this phenomena. The term anomalous mental phenomena
(AMP), is generally preferred.
(U) This area has two aspects; information access and
energetics influence. Information access refers to a mental
ability to describe remote areas or to access concealed data that
are otherwise shielded from all known sensory channels. A recent
term for this ability is anomalous cognition (AC). This term
places emphasis on potential understanding that might be
available from advances in sensory/brain functioning research or
other related research. Older terms for this aspect have
included extra-sensory perception (ESP), remote viewing (RV), and
in some cases, precognition.
(U) The energetics aspect refers to the ability to influence,
via mental volition, physical or biological systems by an as yet
unknown physical mechanism. An example of physical system
influence would include affecting the output of sensors or
electronic devices; biological systems influence would include
affecting physiological parameters of an individual. A recent
descriptive term for this ability is anomalous perturbation (AP).
Older terms for this phenomenon included psychokinesis (PK) or
telekinesis.
(U) GENERAL DEFINITIONS
(S/NF) For this program, basic research is defined to mean
any investigation or experiment for determining fundamental
processes or for uncovering underlying parameters that are
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involved in this phenomenon. Basic research is primarily
oriented toward understanding the physical, physiological , and
psychological mechanisms of anomalous mental phenomena (AMP).
(S/NF) Applied research refers to any investigation directed
toward developing particular applications or for
improving data quality and reliability. For anomalous cognition
(AC) phenomenon, research is primarily directed toward improving
the output quality of AC data. This would include ways to
develop/improve utility of AC data for variety of potential
application. For example, examination of spatial and temporal
relationships of AC data could assist in developing a reliable
search capability useful for locating missing people or
equipment.
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