What is parapsychology?

Parapsychology is a growing field in psychology. But what do parapsychologists do, and what impact has it had on the science as a whole?

Further Reading:
Cardeña, E., Palmer, J., & Marcusson-Clavertz, D. (Eds.). (2015). Parapsychology: A handbook for the 21st century. McFarland & Co.

Houran, J. (2017). “Sheet happens!”: Advancing ghost studies in the analytics age. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 17(2), 187–206. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.33...

Drinkwater, K., Laythe, B., Houran, J., Dagnall, N., O’Keeffe, C., & Hill, S. A. (2019). Exploring gaslighting effects via the VAPUS model for ghost narratives. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 19(2), 143–179. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.33...

Langston, W. & Hubbard, T. (2019) Shadow Walking: Will a Ghost Walk Tour Affect Belief in Ghosts? Journal of Parapsychology, 83(1), 47-68.

Calandra, E. (2020). Welcoming ghosts into family sessions. Le Divan familial, 45, 89-105. https://doi.org/10.3917/difa.045.0089

Furuya H, Ikezoe K, Ohyagi Y. A case of progressive posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) with vivid hallucination: are some ghost tales vivid hallucinations in normal people? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2006;77:424-425.

Blanke, O., Pozeg, P., Hara, M., Herbelin, B., Bleuler, H. & Rognini, G. (2014) Neurological and Robot-Controlled Induction of an Apparition. Current Biology 24 (22), 2681-2686. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09...