The role of the experimenter in parapsychological research

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 69-84+iv

  Smith, Matthew D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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