Consciousness and the double-slit interference pattern: Six experiments

Physics Essays

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-171

  Radin, Dean ^a   Michel, Leena ^a   Galdamez, Karla ^a   Wendland, Paul ^b   Rickenbach, Robert ^c   Delorme, Arnaud ^d  

^a Institute of Noetic Sciences   (United States)

^b Micronor Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Micronor Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Double slit experiment; Mind matter interaction; Quantum measurement problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863895367     PISSN: 08361398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4006/0836-1398-25.2.157     Document Type: Article

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