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[0] Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
Journal of Parapsychology, The, Dec, 2000 by Sally R. Feather
O'KEEFFE, C., & ALISON, L. (2000). Rhetoric in 'psychic detection'. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 64, 26-38.
This study examined the differences between the account giving styles of psychic detectives compared with a control group. It was hypothesized that psychics would employ many devices commonly associated with known cold reading strategies, a distinct style of account giving or psychic rhetoric. Eight psychics and 12 controls examined 3 objects from 3 crimes and were asked for their opinions about the likely characteristics of the offender. Although independent t tests confirmed that psychics were no more accurate than controls, content analysis confirmed the hypothesis that psychics relied more heavily on a variety of rhetorical devices.
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