Experimenter differences in cognitive correlates of paranormal belief and in PSI

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-385

  Watt, Caroline ^a   Wiseman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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