Correcting the past: Failures to replicate Psi

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 933-948

  Galak, Jeff ^a   LeBoeuf, Robyn A ^b   Nelson, Leif D ^c   Simmons, Joseph P ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ESP; Meta analysis; Precognition; Psi; Researcher degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874471578     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029709     Document Type: Article

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