The Paranormal in Jane Jensen’s “Gray Matter” by Pavel Nosachev

“…The first answer is the beliefs of Sam Everett, a girl magician who does not believe in the supernatural. …”
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Priming psychic and conjuring abilities of a magic demonstration influences event interpretation and random number generation biases by Christine eMohr, Nikolaos eKoutrakis, Gustav eKuhn

“…Magical ideation and belief in the paranormal is considered to represent a trait-like character; people either believe in it or not. …”
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Conjuring cognition: a review of educational magic-based interventions by Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt

“…For hundreds of years, magic tricks have been employed within a variety of pedagogic contexts, including promoting science and mathematics, delivering educational messaging, enhancing scepticism about the paranormal, and boosting creative thinking for product design. …”
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Ethno-Cultural Factors of Demand for Alternative Practices in the Field of Physical and Mental Health by N.A. Antonova, K.Y. Eritsyan

“…</strong>Young people's appeal to providers of alternative practices of help (magicians, fortune-tellers, psychics, etc.) has no ethno-cultural specifics. …”
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