Creative, yet not unique? Paranormal belief, but not self-rated creative ideation behavior is associated with a higher propensity to perceive unique meanings in randomness

Apophenia, patternicity, and the experience of meaningful coincidences describe the propensity to perceive meaning in random arrangements, which is known to be linked with paranormal beliefs. Additionally, this trait of combining unrelated elements to create new meanings suggests an association with...

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Main Authors: Christian Rominger, Andreas Fink, Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan, Günter Schulter, Elisabeth M. Weiss, Ilona Papousek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022005576