'Feeling' or 'sensing' the future? Testing for anomalous cognitions in clinical versus healthy populations

Escolà‐Gascón, Álex; Wright, Abigail; Houran, James

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11303

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“…This trend was recently observed in the replication by Escolà‐Gascón et al. (2022); although no significant effects in favor of anomalous cognitions were obtained, believing participants scored higher than nonbelievers on the RV tests.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…On one hand, the distinction between believers and nonbelievers was based on sheepgoat effects, which show that experienced individuals have favorable attitudes toward parapsychology and perform better on experimental psi tests than nonbelievers (Thalbourne, 2001;Thalbourne & Houran, 2003;Thalbourne & Storm, 2012). This trend was recently observed in the replication by Escolà-Gascón et al (2022); although no significant effects in favor of anomalous cognitions were obtained, believing participants scored higher than nonbelievers on the RV tests.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Recently, Escolà‐Gascón et al. (2022b) published with Cell Press a report on anomalous cognitions showing a quadratic relationship between the use of emotions and hits on precognition tests. Although the hits on precognition tests were unsuccessful, the significant relationship between perceived emotional intelligence (EI) and hits supports the possibility that EI may be an influential cognitive factor in the use of anomalous cognitions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although the hits on precognition tests were unsuccessful, the significant relationship between perceived emotional intelligence (EI) and hits supports the possibility that EI may be an influential cognitive factor in the use of anomalous cognitions. One of the criticisms the authors received was that they measured perceived EI using self‐report questionnaires and not as a formal cognitive ability (see Escolà‐Gascón et al., 2022b). Therefore, one possibility for extending research on RV would be to include the assessment of EI as a cognitive attribute mediating the outcomes of anomalous cognitions.…”

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Objectives Since 1972, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) commissioned several research programs on remote viewing (RV) that were progressively declassified from 1995 to 2003. The main objectives of this research were to statistically replicate the original findings and address the question: What are the underlying cognitive mechanisms involved in RV? The research focused on emotional intelligence (EI) theory and intuitive information processing as possible hypothetical mechanisms. Methods We used a quasi‐experimental design with new statistical control techniques based on structural equation modeling, analysis of invariance, and forced‐choice experiments to accurately objectify results. We measured emotional intelligence with the Mayer—Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. A total of 347 participants who were nonbelievers in psychic experiences completed an RV experiment using targets based on location coordinates. A total of 287 participants reported beliefs in psychic experiences and completed another RV experiment using targets based on images of places. Moreover, we divided the total sample into further subsamples for the purpose of replicating the findings and also used different thresholds on standard deviations to test for variation in effect sizes. The hit rates on the psi‐RV task were contrasted with the estimated chance. Results The results of our first group analysis were nonsignificant, but the analysis applied to the second group produced significant RV‐related effects corresponding to the positive influence of EI (i.e., hits in the RV experiments were 19.5% predicted from EI) with small to moderate effect sizes (between 0. 457 and 0.853). Conclusions These findings have profound implications for a new hypothesis of anomalous cognitions relative to RV protocols. Emotions perceived during RV sessions may play an important role in the production of anomalous cognitions. We propose the Production‐Identification‐Comprehension (PIC) emotional model as a function of behavior that could enhance VR test success.

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'Feeling' or 'sensing' the future? Testing for anomalous cognitions in clinical versus healthy populations

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References 126 publications

Follow‐up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) remote viewing experiments^☆

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'Feeling' or 'sensing' the future? Testing for anomalous cognitions in clinical versus healthy populations

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Follow‐up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) remote viewing experiments☆

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