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Hypnotizability and belief in psi as predictors of precognition.

Marcusson Clavertz, David and Wasmuth, John (2008)
Department of Psychology
Abstract
This study examined whether hypnotizability or belief in psi predicts precognition. The test measured if practice enhances memory recall with the precognitive feature being that the practice occurs after the recall test. Participants low (n = 15) and high (n = 15) in hypnotizability completed the precognition task and a psychometric measure of belief in psi. Age ranged from 19 to 65 years (16 males and 14 females). Highly hypnotizable individuals were expected to perform better than low hypnotizable on the test. We also predicted that individuals who believed more in psi phenomena would perform better on the test. We found no effect of hypnotizability or belief in psi on task performance.
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author
Marcusson Clavertz, David and Wasmuth, John
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Hypnotizability, Precognition, Psi, Experimenter effect, Psychology, Psykologi
language
English
id
1317829
date added to LUP
2008-08-13 00:00:00
date last changed
2008-08-13 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{This study examined whether hypnotizability or belief in psi predicts precognition. The test measured if practice enhances memory recall with the precognitive feature being that the practice occurs after the recall test. Participants low (n = 15) and high (n = 15) in hypnotizability completed the precognition task and a psychometric measure of belief in psi. Age ranged from 19 to 65 years (16 males and 14 females). Highly hypnotizable individuals were expected to perform better than low hypnotizable on the test. We also predicted that individuals who believed more in psi phenomena would perform better on the test. We found no effect of hypnotizability or belief in psi on task performance.}},
  author       = {{Marcusson Clavertz, David and Wasmuth, John}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hypnotizability and belief in psi as predictors of precognition.}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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