Examining psychokinesis: The interaction of human intention with random number generators- A meta-analysis

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 497-523

  Bösch, Holger ^a   Steinkamp, Fiona ^b   Boller, Emil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Border Areas of Psychology and Mental Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Psychokinesis; Publication bias; Random number generator; Small study effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; INTENTION; KINESIS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33747033851     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.132.4.497     Document Type: Article

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