ESP / Telepathy World News : October 2025

Recent research is pushing the boundaries of how we think about mind-to-mind communication. A 2025 MEG study suggests **synchronized brain oscillations** in sender/receiver pairs may underlie telepathic exchanges. Meanwhile, experiments using rTMS (brain stimulation) hint the brain might **filter out** latent psi ability — turning off certain frontal regions could enhance sensitivity. Ongoing meta-analyses of telephone/email “caller guessing” telepathy also report hit rates above chance. The upcoming second season of *The Telepathy Tapes* is expected to expand into non-autistic telepaths, making this a timely moment to revisit the science.

Key Developments & Research Highlights

• MEG study on telepathic mechanisms: A 2025 experiment using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) recorded synchronized activity in brain regions tied to language, social cognition, and theory of mind during controlled telepathy tasks. Abstract [oai_citation:0‡jcases.org](https://www.jcases.org/abstract/unraveling-the-neurological-mechanisms-of-telepathic-communication-a-magnetoencephalography-meg-study?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
• Brain stimulation & psi inhibition: Research using rTMS to transiently suppress the left medial frontal cortex showed **increased psi/telepathy-like effects**, supporting a “psi-inhibitory filter” hypothesis. Neuroscience News summary [oai_citation:1‡Neuroscience News](https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-stimulation-psi-telepathy-25460/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
• Telephone / digital telepathy meta-analysis: Rupert Sheldrake and colleagues published a meta-analysis of 26 telecommunication telepathy experiments (phone, SMS, email), reporting hit rates significantly above chance (p ~ 10⁻⁷). Sheldrake et al. [oai_citation:2‡sheldrake.org](https://www.sheldrake.org/research/telepathy/scientific-papers-on-telepathy?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
• Inter-brain synchronization & communication latency: A 2025 study on EEG data found that neural coupling between brains during remote interaction degrades sharply if transmission delay exceeds ~450 ms — a key insight for brain-to-brain communication protocols. ArXiv paper [oai_citation:3‡arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05568?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
• *The Telepathy Tapes* Podcast & Critique: Season 1 (2024) presented nonverbal autistic individuals as telepaths via facilitated communication (a method widely rejected by science). Season 2 is planned to include non-autistic telepathy claims. The podcast has drawn strong criticism from autism and communication experts. Podcast site · Wiki overview [oai_citation:4‡Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telepathy_Tapes?utm_source=chatgpt.com)