The Effects of Mental Manipulation on Perception

In experiments we get a magician to come and perform some magic for our students. They use this form of mentalism so we create a fake spiritualist experience. But half the participants were initially told that they're going to be watching a magician whilst the other half were told that they are watching a genuine psychic. That was very interesting is that this manipulation so this framing whether we tell them it's a magician or a psychic has very little impact on how they interpret what they've just seen.

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