Visual attentional capture predicts belief in a meaningful world

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1299-1306

  Bressan, Paola ^a   Kramer, Peter ^a   Germani, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Coincidences; Paranormal belief; Religiosity; Surprise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 55349088645     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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