Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Just as I do the first podcast ep for the Token Skeptic. ‘On Santa’ – the Wall Street Journal reports on magical thinking in kids! The Power of Magical Thinking – Research Shows the Importance of Imagination in Children’s Cognitive Development: The researchers found that while children as young as 3 understand the concept of [...]
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And some of the things I find… this one will be cited, for sure: Principe, Gabrielle F. and Eric Smith. The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: how belief in the Tooth Fairy can engender false memories. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Abstract: To examine how children’s fantasy beliefs can affect memory for their [...]
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