A short educational intervention diminishes causal illusions and specific paranormal beliefs in undergraduates.
Cognitive biases such as causal illusions have been related to paranormal and pseudoscientific beliefs and, thus, pose a real threat to the development of adequate critical thinking abilities. We aimed to reduce causal illusions in undergraduates by means of an educational intervention combining tra...
Main Authors: | Itxaso Barberia, Elisabet Tubau, Helena Matute, Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5792014?pdf=render |
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