Parapsychological phenomena as examples of generalized nonlocal correlations-a theoretical framework

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-631

  Walach, Harald ^a   Von Lucadou, Walter ^b   Römer, Hartmann ^c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^b Parapsychological Counselling Office Parapsychologische Beratungsstelle der WGFP   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; LOCAL DESCRIPTION; NONLOCAL CORRELATIONS; PSYCHICAL RESEARCHES; SUBTLE ENERGIES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL MODELING;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

EID: 84919905016     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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