Consciousness induced restoration of time symmetry (CIRTS): A psychophysical theoretical perspective

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-299

  Bierman, Dick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain coherence; Consciousness; Presentiment; Retrocausality; Theory; Time symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951931864     PISSN: 00223387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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