The psychology of the "psi-conducive" experimenter: Personality, attitudes towards psi, and personal psi experience

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Smith, Matthew D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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