Does psi exist? Lack of replication of an anomalous process of information transfer

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Milton, Julie ^a   Wiseman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033163132     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.125.4.387     Document Type: Article

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