

It is an idea found in the writings of early psychoanalysts, such as Melanie Klein. Psychological symbiosis, on the other hand, is a less well established concept. Along with other symptoms of psychosis, delusions of thought insertion may be reduced by antipsychotic medication. Some patients feel as if thoughts are being taken out of their minds or deleted (thought removal). Psychiatric patients who experience this symptom falsely believe that some of their thoughts are not their own and that others (e.g., other people, aliens, or conspiring intelligence agencies) are putting thoughts into their minds (thought insertion). Thought insertion/removal is a symptom of psychosis, particularly of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. This similarity might explain how some people have come up with the idea of telepathy. The notion of telepathy is not dissimilar to two psychological concepts: delusions of thought insertion/removal and psychological symbiosis. The modern concept of telepathy emerged in this historical context. As the physical sciences made significant advances, scientific concepts were applied to mental phenomena (e.g., animal magnetism), with the hope that this would help understand paranormal phenomena. In his view, science did not frequently concern itself with "the mind" prior to this. In more recent times, neuroimaging has allowed researchers to perform simple forms of mind reading.Īccording to Roger Luckhurst, the origin of the concept of telepathy (not telepathy itself) in the Western civilization can be tracked to the late 19th century. Telepathy is a common theme in modern fiction and science fiction, with many superheroes and supervillains having telepathic abilities. Many studies seeking to detect, understand, and utilize telepathy have been done, but according to the prevailing view among scientists, telepathy lacks replicable results from well-controlled experiments. Scientific consensus does not view telepathy as a real phenomenon. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the earlier expression thought-transference. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. Template:Infobox paranormal term Telepathy (from the Greek τηλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθη, pathe meaning "affliction, experience") is the supposed transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our known sensory channels or physical interaction. This article is about the paranormal phenomenon.
