Feeling the future again: Retroactive avoidance of negative stimuli

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 121-152

  Maier, Markus A ^a   Buechner, Vanessa L ^a   Kuhbandner, Christof ^a   Pflitsch, Markus ^a   Fernández Capo, Maria ^b   Gámiz Sanfeliu, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Orch OR model; Precognition; Quantum mind; Retrocausation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942317233     PISSN: 13558250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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