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Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics.

Authors :
Elk, Michiel van
Source :
Consciousness & Cognition. Sep2013, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p1041-1046. 6p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

Highlights: [•] Paranormal believers show a response bias for ‘yes’ in a biological motion detection task. [•] Belief in the paranormal is related to illusory agency detection for stimuli of low ambiguity. [•] Illusory agency detection is primarily related to paranormal beliefs, but not to religious beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*SKEPTICISM
*BELIEF & doubt
*AMBIGUITY
*PSYCHOLOGY
*COGNITIVE science
*PSYCHOMETRICS

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Language :
English
ISSN :
10538100
Volume :
22
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Consciousness & Cognition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
90274479
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.07.004
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