Geophysical Variables and Behavior
LXX. Testing Electromagnetic Explanations for a Possible Psychokinetic Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Germinating Corn Seed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13659661 |
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| Authors | Anita M Bush (University of Alaska Fairbanks, corresponding author), Charles R Geist (University of Alaska Fairbanks) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 891-896 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1992.70.3.891 |
| PMID | 1620780 |
| OpenAlex | W2166582578 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Designs used to test claims for psychic healing of living systems not amenable to suggestion may produce artifact in the results when there is failure to control for other possible explanations. Some experimental methods in psychokinesis may produce electromagnetic field flux which could lead to erroneous conclusions. This study adds electrical and magnetic controls to assess their effect, leading to the conclusion that therapeutically touched corn seeds did not recover from saline injury significantly better than untreated controls
Agronomy · Artifact (error · Biology · Botany · Electrical engineering · Electromagnetic field · Electromagnetic induction · Germination · Pathology · Physics · Psychic · Saline · Test (biology · Biofield Effects and Biophysics · Engineering · Internal Medicine · Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects · Medicine · Neuroscience · Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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