'It's still bending': Verbal suggestion and alleged psychokinetic ability

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-127

  Wiseman, Richard ^a   Greening, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPEECH; SUGGESTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH; SUGGESTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 13844254281     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712604X15428     Document Type: Review

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