Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Cards
Title:
Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Cards
Description:
Ever had a friend who was just too good at guessing games? With these ESP/Zener cards, you can find out if they're clairvoyant! Duke's Parapsychology Laboratory was founded in 1930 when Drs. J. B. and Louisa Rhine came to Durham. According to the accompanying ESP Record Pad, the Lab was interested in studying “those powers of the human mind that are commonly called hunches, intuition, mind-reading.” J. B. conducted experiments with the Zener cards, named after colleague Dr. Karl Zener, which tested for clairvoyance by recording how many times the subject could guess the design on the card correctly.
Rights:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
Date:
1937
Citation:
Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Cards, Artifact and Relics Collection, Box 2, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Alternative Text:
4 playing cards with symbols on them.
Keywords:
Parapsychology; faculty; object
Display Date:
ca. 1937
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