Mind reading
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Mind reading has several meanings:
- Telepathy, a claimed paranormal ability.
- Mentalism, a form of stage magic in which the practitioner creates the appearance of possessing a paranormal ability
- An emerging field in neuroscience where thought processes are monitored using neuroimaging.
- In interpersonal communication, when one person knows another well enough to be able to suggest what the other is thinking.
- Mind-reading violation, occurs when someone thinks they know what another is thinking without sufficient evidence.