IPPPS exists to expose students to academic research and methods for the study of subjects and phenomena considered outside the purview of mainstream science and experience.
pa/ra/nor/mal: adj: not scientifically explainable
pre/ter/nat/u/ral: adj:
[1] existing outside of nature;
[2] exceeding what is natural or normal
pa/ra/psy/cho/lo/gi/cal: adj: pertaining to the investigation of evidence for extraordinary psychological phenomena