Irrelevant insights make worldviews ring true
Laukkonen, Kaveladze, Protzko, Tangen, von Hippel and Schooler: experiment 1 (3,000 participants, with a direct replication) found a worldview statement rated as truer when participants also solved anagrams and had aha moments; experiment 2 (1,564 participants) found the statement and the aha had to be experienced together. Scientific Reports 12, 2075, 2022.
Laukkonen, Kaveladze, Protzko, Tangen, von Hippel and Schooler: experiment 1 (3,000 participants, with a direct replication) found a worldview statement rated as truer when participants also solved anagrams and had aha moments; experiment 2 (1,564 participants) found the statement and the aha had to be experienced together. Scientific Reports 12, 2075, 2022.
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Laukkonen, R. E., Kaveladze, B. T., Protzko, J., Tangen, J. M., von Hippel, W., & Schooler, J. W. (2022). Irrelevant insights make worldviews ring true. Scientific Reports, 12, 2075. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05923-3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05923-3