Spooks and spoofs: Relations between psychical research and academic psychology in Britain in the inter-war period

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-90

  Valentine, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harry Price; mainstream psychology; psychical research; University of London; William McDougall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860611764     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695111418745     Document Type: Article

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