The Mind Machine: A mass participation experiment into the possible existence of extra-sensory perception

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 487-499

  Wiseman, Richard ^a   Greening, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036877695     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712602761381367     Document Type: Article

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