Mentalism is a performing art in which practitioners known as mentalists use their mental skills and intuitive abilities to interpret body language, behavior, and energy. Unlike traditional stage magic, it is a form of mental magic in which a practitioner claims to have abilities, such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance.

While the skills of professional mentalists can be impressive, their supposed supernatural powers have been regularly debunked as trickery and misdirection. Multiple professions use mentalism, including magicians, psychics, tarot card readers, and performing mentalists.

Famous mentalists include Uri Geller (who used his mental phenomena to bend spoons), Theresa Caputo (also known as the Long Island Medium), illusionist Derren Brown, and mind reader Max Maven.