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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDPY 00787R000300080001-2 Table 6 (U) OPERATIVE DEFINITIONS OF MAJOR KEYWORDS Major Keyword Subtopic Keyword Remote Sensing--The acquisition and description, by mental means, of information blocked from ordinary perception by distance or shielding, and generally believed to be secure against such access Precognition: acquisition of information about an event prior to the occurrence of the event Altered States: psi modalities in the Ganzfeld, lucid dreams, hypnosis, and so forth Dowsing or biophysical effort (BPE) Remote viewing (RV) Remote Action--The production of physical effects, such as the perturbation of instrumentation or equipment that appears to be well shielded against, or otherwise inaccessible to, human influence Micro: interactive effects produced at the molecular or atomic levels Macro: effects or perturbations typically observable without the aid of instrumentation Biological: production of measurable changes of state in biological systems Reliability/Screening--Spans a wide range of prescriptive, methodological experiments or experimental protocols; also includes studies involved in the identification of correlates that may enhance psychoenergetic functioning and/or facilitate the selection of talented subjects Methodology Physiological Correlates Psychological Correlates Perceptual Correlates Physical Correlates Theoretical Models--Various paradigms and plausibility arguments advanced within physics and other disciplines that endeavor to explain observed phenomena Healing--The ability of an agent to cure illness or to positively influence the physical state of a biological system Mathematical/Physical Psychological Philosophical Physiological No subtopics as yet implemented 20 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : —_—