Physics and claims for anomalous effects related to consciousness

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 135-152+iii

  Jeffers, Stanley ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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