Spontaneous Social Behavior Can Implicitly Express ESP Information.

We report a new procedure for accessing the implicit expression of psi information. The assumption that psi information can unconsciously inform the development of social interaction guided this research. Members of a quasi-therapeutic group carried out unstructured sessions while a distant experime...

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Publicado en:Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 81; no. 2; pp. 160 - 177
Autores principales: Carpenter, James, Sanks, Carol
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Rhine Research Center Fall2017
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