Paranormal and religious believers are more prone to illusory face perception than skeptics and non-believers

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-155

  Riekki, Tapani ^a   Lindeman, Marjaana ^a   Aleneff, Marja ^a   Halme, Anni ^a   Nuortimo, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSORY FACE PERCEPTION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875593037     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2874     Document Type: Article

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