Are ESP and PK aspects of a unitary phenomenon? A preliminary test of the relationship between ESP and PK.(extrasensory perception)(psychokinesis)

From: The Journal of Parapsychology | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Roe, Chris A.; Davey, Russell; Stevens, Paul | Copyright information

This study was designed to explore the relationship between ESP and PK performance by testing for both using a common protocol to control for expectancy effects and experimental artifacts. Forty participants completed a computer-based greyhound racing game. Races occurred in 2 blocks of 12, with one block presented as an ESP task and the other as a PK task. Within each block, half of the faces were ESP trials and half PK trials, presented in random order. Overall performance was at chance l...

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