THE THINKING MAN’S EXPERIMENT.
The article focuses on Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES), a psychological method developed by Russell T. Hurlburt to investigate the contents of human consciousness by prompting participants to record their immediate inner experiences at random intervals. Through the use of a small beeping devic...
| Publicado en: | Prospect no. 349; pp. 42 - 46 |
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