Can magical intervention affect subjective experiences? Adults' reactions to magical suggestion

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-537

  Subbotsky, Eugene ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; MAGIC; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUGGESTION; WITCHCRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STUDENTS; SUGGESTION; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 68749108137     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X368270     Document Type: Article

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