Reexamining psychokinesis: Comment on Bösch, Steinkamp, and Boller (2006)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-532

  Radin, Dean ^a   Nelson, Roger ^b   Dobyns, York ^b   Houtkooper, Joop ^c  

^a Institute of Noetic Sciences   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Parapsychology; Psychokinesis; Random number generator

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

COGNITION; HUMANS; KINESIS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33747040011     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.132.4.529     Document Type: Review

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