Belief in psychic ability and the misattribution hypothesis: a qualitative review.

From: British Journal of Psychology | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Watt, Caroline; Wiseman, Richard | Copyright information

This paper explores the notion that people who believe in psychic ability possess various psychological attributes that increase the likelihood of them misattributing paranormal causation to experiences that have a normal explanation. The paper discusses the structure and measurement of belief in psychic ability, then reviews the considerable body of work exploring the relationship between belief in psychic ability, and academic performance, intelligence, critical thinking, probability misj...

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