There is another type of easily measurable psychic skill that utilizes the mental processes but has a paranormal outcome. It is known as telekinesis (also known as psychokinesis). This unusual process is defined as the ability to influence a physical object or event by thinking about it, such as the fall of a die (dice). It also includes the movement of objects through space. This particular model was scientifically researched in Russia in the late 1960's. More on this research can be found in Sheila Ostrander's book Psychic Discoveries Behind The Iron Curtain, written in 1967.

A direct experience with telekinesis is related by the psychiatrist mentioned above, Dr. Judith Orloff, when she worked in the NPI research laboratory with Dr. Moss at UCLA. At the time, a young Israeli man named Uri Geller, who was reputed to be able to bend metal objects with the force of his mind, came to the laboratory for a demonstration. He had started out by entertaining the Israeli armed forces and was discovered in a Tel Aviv nightclub by a parapsychologist who was impressed with his ability to bend people's rings from a distance.

Geller's successful experiment at the lab astounded the observers, for he was able to bend, without touching, many eating utensils into little balls—as well as the metal contents of a large desk. As Dr. Orloff writes in Second Sight (1966), "Uri had defied both our expectations of the physical world and our skepticism about the authenticity of performers." (In fact, she herself found out later that he had managed to bend the house key in the pocket of her dress and she could not let herself into her front door.)