Within parapsychology, precognition (from the Latin præ-, “prior to,” + cognitio, “a getting to know”) is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person is said to be able to perceive information about places or events before they happen through paranormal means; as distinct from merely predicting them based on deductive reasoning and current knowledge.
A related term, presentiment, refers to information about future events which is perceived the form of emotions or feelings at the autonomic level. These terms are considered by some to be special cases of the more general term clairvoyance.