The effect of a change in pro attitude on paranormal performance: A pilot study using Naïve and sophisticated skeptics

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-29

  Storm, Lance ^a   Thalbourne, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conversion effect; Paranormal; Parapsychology; Pro attitude; Psi; Psychopraxia

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

PARANORMAL EFFECTS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PRO ATTITUDE; PSYCHOPRAXIA; SKEPTICS;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 17444370130     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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