Psychokinesis

Psychokinesis (literally "mind-movement") or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as Telekinesis (literally "distant-movement"). It refers to the ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone.

There have been anecdotal reports of such apparent phenomena throughout history in various cultures. For example, poltergeist activity is typically characterized by objects being moved without apparent explanation, though some people claim that this is accounted for as unintentional PK by children going through puberty.

As with all psi phenomena, there is wide disagreement and controversy within the sciences and even within parapsychology as to the existence of psychokinesis and the validity or interpretation of PK-related experiments (see Parapsychology).

Parapsychologists usually make a distinction between macroscopic PK (large-scale effects observable by the naked eye or by a single measurement) and microscopic