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{{Infobox Paranormalterms
|Image_Name       = Ganzfeld.jpg
|Image_Caption    = An experiment in Sensory deprivation aiming to stimulate AC
|Usage            = Terminology
|Name             = Anomalous Cognition
|Origin           = [[Science Applications International Corporation]] (SAIC)
|Short            = AC
|Additional_Names = 
|Definition       = The transfer of information through means other than the 5 traditional sense. Primarily in relation to Psi
|Characteristics  = Subject said to gain information that was shielded from their senses by distance, time, or physical barriers.
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|Extra_Column     = 
|See_Also         = [[Psi (parapsychology)|Psi]],<br>[[Parapsychology]],<br>[[Ganzfeld experiment]]
}}'''Anomalous cognition''' is a blanket term used to describe the purported transfer of information to a subject through means other than the 5 traditional senses. It is usually used in relation to [[telepathy]], [[clairvoyance]], [[remote viewing]], and other phenomona said to be evidence of [[extra-sensory perception]]. <ref name=skepdic>[http://skepdic.com/anomcog.html Anomalous Cognition], Skeptics Dictionary (2007-04-13)</ref><ref name=spotjams>Spottiswoode, P. James S. "Geomagnetic Fluctuations and Free-Response Anomalous Cognition: A New Understanding", The Journal of Parapsychology V61, 1997 (2007-04-13)</ref><ref name=targetandsender>Nevin D. Lantz, Wanda L. W. Luke, Edwin C. May, "Target and Sender Dependencies in Anomalous Cognition Experiments", The Journal of Parapsychology, V58, 1994</ref>

This is an umbrella term used to label an information transfer which may comprise one or more underlying processes. The term was coined by [[Science Applications International Corporation]] (SAIC). <ref name=skepdic/>

== References ==

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==See also==
*[[anomalous perturbation]]

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