The Paranormal

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This paper examines an article that re-evaluates critical thinking deficiencies and beliefs in the paranormal. The paper explains that the purpose of the article was to overcome methodological flaws in previous studies that explored the relationship between critical thinking and beliefs in the paranormal.

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"Roe presented a re-evaluation of critical thinking and the belief in the paranormal. Previous research has explored the relationship between critical thinking deficiencies and beliefs in paranormal and results have led to the cognitive deficits hypothesis. However, findings from these studies have been inconsistent. The purpose of the study was to overcome methodological flaws in previous studies and evaluate the notion that believers in the paranormal tend to have poor critical thinking ability compared to disbelievers. The study replicated earlier..."

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