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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-01, Vol.13 (1), p.e0191907-e0191907
Hauptverfasser:	Barberia, Itxaso, Tubau, Elisabet, Matute, Helena, Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Beliefs, opinions and attitudes Bias Biology and Life Sciences Cognició Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognitive ability Cognitive biases College students Contingency Critical thinking Culture Education Educational intervention Female Humans Hypothesis testing Illusions Illusions - psychology Intervenció educativa Intervention Judgment Male Medicine and Health Sciences Pain Parapsicologia Parapsychology Parapsychology - education People and Places Personality Prejudice Probability Social Sciences Students - psychology Systematic review Thinking Training Young Adult
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