The effects of strategy ("willing" versus absorption) and feedback (immediate versus delayed) on performance at A PK task

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-90

  Roe, Chris A ^a   Holt, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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