Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics
@article{Elk2013ParanormalBA, title={Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics}, author={M. Elk}, journal={Consciousness and Cognition}, year={2013}, volume={22}, pages={1041-1046} }
It has been hypothesized that illusory agency detection is at the basis of belief in supernatural agents and paranormal beliefs. In the present study a biological motion perception task was used to study illusory agency detection in a group of skeptics and a group of paranormal believers. Participants were required to detect the presence or absence of a human agent in a point-light display. It was found that paranormal believers had a lower perceptual sensitivity than skeptics, which was due to… CONTINUE READING
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