Rhine Research Center
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The Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology, named after its founder J. B. Rhine, is a parapsychology
research unit that "aims to improve the human condition by creating a scientific understanding of those abilities and sensitivities that appear to transcend the ordinary limits of space and time." It is the successor to the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University
in Durham, North Carolina
, and Rhine's later laboratory, the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM). Duke University severed its affiliation with the Parapsychology Laboratory during the 1980s.
Parapsychology
The term parapsychology was coined in or around 1889 by philosopher Max Dessoir, and originates from para meaning "alongside", and psychology. The term was adopted by J.B. Rhine in the 1930s as a replacement for the term psychical research...
research unit that "aims to improve the human condition by creating a scientific understanding of those abilities and sensitivities that appear to transcend the ordinary limits of space and time." It is the successor to the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
, and Rhine's later laboratory, the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM). Duke University severed its affiliation with the Parapsychology Laboratory during the 1980s.