PEAR Lab and Nonlocal Mind: Why They Matter

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Dossey, Larry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; EDITORIAL; EMPATHY; HEALING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECT; LOVE; MOTIVATION; NEUROLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MENTAL HEALING; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW JERSEY; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34249774265     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2007.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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