Do some of us habituate to future emotional events?

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-115

  Parker And, Adrian ^a   Sjödén, Björn ^a  

^a Box 500 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective habituation; Emotional reactivity; Precognition; Psi; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952081103     PISSN: 00223387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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