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A Survey of Methods and Issues in ESP Research

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Advances in Parapsychological Research

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Interest in psychic phenomena in general, now often referred to as psi, was based originally on a wealth of anecdotal material. We will first define some basic terms and then go on to use anecdotes to illustrate some of the main forms of psi.

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Morris, R.L. (1978). A Survey of Methods and Issues in ESP Research. In: Krippner, S., Carlson, M.L., Ullman, M., Becker, R.O. (eds) Advances in Parapsychological Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9092-7_2

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