Causal illusion as a cognitive basis of pseudoscientific beliefs.
Causal illusion has been proposed as a cognitive mediator of pseudoscientific beliefs. However, previous studies have only tested the association between this cognitive bias and a closely related but different type of unwarranted beliefs, those related to superstition and paranormal phenomena. Parti...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 840 - 853 |
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