Psychic

A psychic is a person who possesses some form of psychokinesis. Psychokinesis represents an individual's ability to affect things using the power of their mind. It has also been referred to as extrasensory perception (ESP). People who possess psychokinesis are generally referred to as psychics, or ESPers. Psychokinesis represents a broad range of abilities including the reception and transmission of mental energy (telepathy), the ability to move solid objects without touching them (telekinesis) or the ability to manipulate other forms of energy, such as fire (pyrokinesis). Some psychics may even possess pre or post-cognitive abilities, which is the ability to divine information about an item's past (precognition) or its future (postcognition) through simply touching it.

In film

 * Shining, The: In both the movie and telemovie versions of The Shining, young Danny Torrance possessed the ability to sense the emotional state of other beings and was more susceptible towards perceiving the supernatural, such as ghosts. This ability was also shared by an older man named Dick Hallorann, who referred to it as "shining". To a lesser extent, Danny's father, Jack Torrance, also possessed this ability, which is what it made so easy for him to become seduced by the malevolent spiritual forces of the Overlook Hotel. With the shining, Danny was able to perceive that his father got the job at the Overlook Hotel before anyone else even knew about it. He was also able to perceive Dick Hallorann's thoughts and could see the ghosts of Lorraine Massey and the Grady daughters.