The effect of pseudo-psychic demonstrations as dependent on belief in paranormal phenomena and suggestibility

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-380

  Hergovich, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Belief in paranormal phenomena; Conjuring tricks; Hypnotic suggestibility; Interrogative suggestibility; Pseudo psychic demonstrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346268846     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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