This study aims at distinguishing self-named psychics (or clairvoyant) from a control group (non-psychics) considering the variable “ frequency of unusual perceptual experiences” (anomalous perception), and the psychological construct “limit”. Participants were divided into psychics and non-psychics (people who had psychic experiences but no extrasensory capacities). Both psychics (N = 87) and the control group (N = 112) completed the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale (CAPS), the Revised Transliminality Scale (RTS), the Limits Questionnaire, and a scale to measure their psychic abilities. All the hypotheses were confirmed: psychics had higher scores on transliminality, anomalous perception and “fine limit” in comparison with non-psychics. In addition, the variable “anomalous experiences” was the best predictor for the psychics group (β = .073; p = .03), followed by the...

This study aims at distinguishing self-named psychics (or clairvoyant) from a control group (non-psychics) considering the variable “ frequency of unusual perceptual experiences” (anomalous perception), and the psychological construct “limit”. Participants were divided into psychics and non-psychics (people who had psychic experiences but no extrasensory capacities). Both psychics (N = 87) and the control group (N = 112) completed the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale (CAPS), the Revised Transliminality Scale (RTS), the Limits Questionnaire, and a scale to measure their psychic abilities. All the hypotheses were confirmed: psychics had higher scores on transliminality, anomalous perception and “fine limit” in comparison with non-psychics. In addition, the variable “anomalous experiences” was the best predictor for the psychics group (β = .073; p = .03), followed by the...