REALITY TESTING, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND PARANORMAL BELIEFS.
This study investigated the relationship between conspiracist beliefs, reality testing, belief in the paranormal, and related anomalistic beliefs (urban legends). Attitudes toward general conspiracist beliefs and endorsement of specific conspiracy theories correlated with reality testing deficits an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 57 - 78 |
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Rhine Research Center
Spring2012
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