Parapsychology is science, but its findings are inconclusive
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The test between independent experimenters/laboratories contradicts Akers's (1987) claim that psi is an effect not replicated amongst the majority of investigators.
“One other defense against the implication of fraud is the result of our test between independent experimenters/laboratories, which contradicts Akers's (1987) claim that psi is an effect not replicated amongst the majority of investigators”
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“According to Akers (1987), psi effects have not been replicated amongst the majority of investigators.”
Background
- Authors
- Akers, C.
- Affiliations
- Institut Des Substances et Organismes de la Mer (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Akers, Charles
- Venue
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1987-12
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 566-568
- ISSN
- 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1825
- OpenAlex
- W1986307218
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Keywords
- parapsychology, paranormal phenomena, inconclusive evidence
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