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Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikipedia

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This source is used as context evidence across 1 linked claim and 3 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.

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Summary

Survey of the well-established sensory mechanisms (magnetoreception, polarised light, geomagnetic cues) animals use to navigate and detect environmental change.

How this source is used on the map

Mainstream-science context for claims that animals 'sense' impending events: many such reports have ordinary sensory explanations.

Citation record

Authors
Wikipedia contributors
Year
2024
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Wikipedia
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Secondary summary
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context
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secondary
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Verified
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Linked claims

Evidence score 3/10
Animals can sense distant events

Anecdotes of dogs anticipating their owner's return or sensing distant trauma are common. Controlled video studies show some signal, contested.

Related evidence hubs

Topic hub
Psi & Anomalous

Lab-tested claims of telepathy, precognition, remote viewing, and PK.

Evidence pillar
Psi / psychic phenomena

Telepathy, precognition, remote viewing, PK.

Evidence pillar
Animals & non-human minds

Animal consciousness, plant cognition, animal psi.

Related research reports

Synthesis report
Psi and Anomalous Experience Evidence

A balanced synthesis of telepathy, precognition, remote viewing, presentiment, psychokinesis, and skeptical methodological objections.

Related sources

Philosophy reference · context
Animal Cognition

Companion to the consciousness-animal entry; useful for claims about animal navigation, recognition, and inference.

Philosophy reference · context
Animal Consciousness

The default reference for the case that mammals, birds, and at least some invertebrates are conscious.