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Test of psychokinetic control of bacterial mutation. |
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sexta, 10 setembro 2004 |
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Nash, Carroll B(1984). Test of psychokinetic control of bacterial mutation. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 78(2), (pp. 145-152) Abstract 52 Ss not known to be psychically gifted were tested in a single run with a separate set of 9 tubes of a mixed culture of lac-negative and lac -positive strains of Escherichia coli. Mutation of lac-negative to lac -positive was mentally promoted in 3 of the tubes, mentally inhibited in 3, and 3 of the tubes served as controls. The mutant ratio of lac-positive to total bacteria was greater in the promoted than in the inhibited tubes. Results are interpreted to suggest that the rate of bacterial mutation was psychokinetically affected. (10 ref)
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