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| Title |
Influencing choice without awareness
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Consciousness & Cognition, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.concog.2015.01.004 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jay A. Olson, Alym A. Amlani, Amir Raz, Ronald A. Rensink |
| Abstract |
Forcing occurs when a magician influences the audience's decisions without their awareness. To investigate the mechanisms behind this effect, we examined several stimulus and personality predictors. In Study 1, a magician flipped through a deck of playing cards while participants were asked to choose one. Although the magician could influence the choice almost every time (98%), relatively few (9%) noticed this influence. In Study 2, participants observed rapid series of cards on a computer, with one target card shown longer than the rest. We expected people would tend to choose this card without noticing that it was shown longest. Both stimulus and personality factors predicted the choice of card, depending on whether the influence was noticed. These results show that combining real-world and laboratory research can be a powerful way to study magic and can provide new methods to study the feeling of free will. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 39 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 3 | 8% |
| Romania | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 16 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 51% |
| Scientists | 15 | 38% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 101 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 16% |
| Researcher | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 21% |
| Unknown | 16 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 51 | 47% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 157. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2023.
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#260,514
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#43
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#3,076
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#1
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