User:Eliana.nauka/Extrasensory perception in animals

Extrasensory perception is the process of receiving information through a process independent of the five senses: taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing. It is often referred to as a "sixth sense" and is often used synonymously with the term psychokinesis (PK) or the term psi. This trait is often attributed to animals who seem to predict certain events, navigate places they have never been, or display human-like intelligence.

There have been numerous studies to determine whether animals possess extrasensory perceptions, or animal psi; Joseph Banks Rhine coined the term anpsi to refer to psychic abilities in animals.

Case studies
The parapsychologist Helmut Schmidt and the biologist Remy Chauvin both have claimed that extrasensory perception can be found in animals due to the results of experiments they carried out. Schmidt, a German physicist, began his parapsychological studies on human subjects. However, he did perform experiments in 1969 on cats and cockroaches, and published a paper in the Journal of Parapsychology in 1970. Chauvin did experiments with rats and his results were 58% over the chance level, there was no obvious explanation for the animal's behavior and he concluded that the rats are most likely to have used a form of extrasensory perception.

Rupert Sheldrake is an active opponent to the proposition of ESP in animals.

Examples:


 * Hans the German horse -- mathematics 1904
 * Sheba the dog aiding teenager Angie with seizures
 * Animals sense when humans need help?
 * Animals finding their way home to their owners over hundreds of miles