Skin Conductance Prestimulus Response: Analyses, Artifacts and a Pilot Study

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 617-641

  Spottiswoode, S James P ^a   May, E C ^a  

^a Laboratories for Fundamental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Precognition; Presentiment; Prestimulus response; Retrocausal; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

PRECOGNITION; PRESENTIMENTS; PRESTIMULUS RESPONSE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKIN; VISION;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0346707426     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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