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In parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous experience characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception. The person experiencing the apparition is awake, excluding dream visions from consideration. In academic discussion, the term "apparitional experience" is to be preferred to the term "ghost" in respect of the following points:

parapsychology apparitional dream visions

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