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- Beliefs in the paranormal, like interaction between the living and the dead, are common in the United States. Psychologists link paranormal belief to weak reality testing: the ability to tell what's real from what's not. Cognitive and motivational biases, distrust in science, and sensory perception can explain paranormal belief.
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Having paranormal beliefs is impressively common, even among...
- The psychology behind paranormal beliefs
Oct 24, 2023 · Psychology explains paranormal beliefs despite scant scientific evidence. Updated October 24, 2023|Reviewed by Ray Parker. Key points. Beliefs in the paranormal, like interaction between...
May 4, 2022 · The most consistent associations emerge for paranormal beliefs with increased intuitive thinking and confirmatory bias, and reduced conditional reasoning ability and perception of randomness. Conclusions. Although study quality is good, areas of methodological weakness exist.
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0267360
- 2022
- PLoS One. 2022; 17(5): e0267360.
Dec 15, 2017 · Having paranormal beliefs is impressively common, even among intelligent people like Winston Churchill. Our video explains the deep psychological reasons for having such beliefs, and if you...
Where do these beliefs come from? What is behind their enduring appeal? And what explanations, psychological rather than supernatural, might underlie paranormal experiences? What does the science tell us?
May 4, 2022 · The most consistent associations emerge for paranormal beliefs with increased intuitive thinking and confirmatory bias, and reduced conditional reasoning ability and perception of randomness. Conclusions.
Examining experiences of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, precognition, ganzfeld, dissociative states, out-of-the-body experiences, alien abductions and near-death experiences, the book appraises the best available evidence to date on scientific claims of the paranormal.
