Aberrant Salience and Motivation as Factors in the Formation of Belief in Scientifically Unaccepted Phenomena

The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between the endorsement of beliefs in scientifically unaccepted phenomena and two psychological domains, namely proneness to aberrant salience and fundamental dimensions of human motivation. The project was undertaken as an online survey of 104...

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Main Author: Harvey Jon Irwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SSE 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Scientific Exploration
Online Access:http://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/761