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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018

Magic Performances - When Explained in Psychic Terms by University Students.

Lise Lesaffre, Gustav Kuhn, Ahmad Abu-Akel, Déborah Rochat, Christine Mohr

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lise LesaffreInstitute of Psychology, Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Gustav KuhnDepartment of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Ahmad Abu-AkelInstitute of Psychology, Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Déborah RochatInstitute of Psychology, Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Christine MohrInstitute of Psychology, Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
University of Lausanne · CHGoldsmiths University of London · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paranormal beliefs (PBs), such as the belief in the soul, or in extrasensory perception, are common in the general population. While there is information regarding what these beliefs correlate with (e.g., cognitive biases, personality styles), there is little information regarding the causal direction between these beliefs and their correlates. To investigate the formation of beliefs, we use an experimental design, in which PBs and belief-associated cognitive biases are assessed before and after a central event: a magic performance (see also Mohr et al., 2018). In the current paper, we report a series of studies investigating the "paranormal potential" of magic performances (Study 1,

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beliefcausalitycognitive biasevent probabilitymagic

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PMID30459687
PMCPMC6232384
OpenAlexW2899878211

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