Retro-priming, priming, and double testing: Psi and replication in a test-retest design

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Rabeyron, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anomalous experiences; Methodology; Precognition; Priming; PSI; Replicability; Retro priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REPETITION PRIMING; REPLICATION STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; RETROACTIVE PRIMING; RETROPRIMING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84897011220     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00154     Document Type: Article

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