Feedback considerations in anomalous cognition experiments.
To determine from what time frame the data from anomalous cognition (AC) originate, we have examined the role of precognition and feedback on the quality of AC. In an otherwise standard AC protocol, we displayed feedback tachistoscopically to receivers. The cognitive awareness of the feedback expe...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 60; pp. 211 - 227 |
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Rhine Research Center
September 1996
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