Because they are really interesting

Could lead us to understand why people fall for scams

There appears to be links between anomalistic beliefs and reasoning ability

In case they are true

To protect others from scams, or negative health outcomes

There appears to be links between anomalistic beliefs and paranormal activity

difference in syllogistic reasoning - believers performed better

No difference in syllogistic reasoning

results to be consistent

strong evidence that there's a difference in general cognitive functioning between believers and non-believers

results to be inconsistent

difference in syllogistic reasoning - believers performed worse

Believers tend to underestimate the statistical likelihood of certain situations

Non-believers were highly susceptible to the 'Barnum' Effect

Believers were highly susceptible to the 'Barnum' Effect

No correlation was found with the Barnum Effect

No relationship was found

A strong relationship was found

Reliable, consistent, results were found

Believers are less likely to make associations between unrelated materials

Believers are more likely to make associations between unrelated materials

Results were unreliable and inconsistent

Believers are more likely to make associations between unrelated materials, but only with visual material

Non-believers are more likely to make associations between unrelated materials

Limited scope

Good depth and breadth

Has 7 subscales: traditional religious belief, psi, witchcraft, superstition, spiritual belief, extraordinary life forms, precognition

Limited depth and breadth

Good breadth

Focuses on Psychokinesis, Witchcraft,Aliens, and Precognition

Good depth

Limited depth

Focuses on ESP, Psychokinesis, and Life after Death

Limited Depth and Breadth

Focuses on ESP, witchcraft, Aliens, Spiritual belief, and superstition

Limited Depth

Has 7 subscales: traditional religious belief, psi, witchcraft, superstition, spiritual belief, extraordinary life forms, precognition

Good Depth

Good Breadth

Good Depth and Breadth

Focuses on ESP, psychokinesis, and life after death

Limited Breadth

the fact these paranormal phenomenon may actually be occuring

Witchcraft, or other less common forms of paranormal belief

theoretical belief

experiential vs theoretical belief

the fact that none of these paranormal beliefs are possible

ABS factor of 'experiential belief' had the strongest, positive correlation with conjunction fallacy errors

ABS factor of 'experiential belief' had the weakest, positive correlation with conjunction fallacy errors

ABS factor of 'Extra terrestrial belief' had the strongest, positive correlation with conjunction fallacy errors

ASGS was positively correlated with Conjunction Fallacies

Both the ABS and the ASGS were both positively correlated with Conjunction Fallacies

ABS was negatively correlated with Conjunction Fallacies

ABS factor of 'theorectical belief' had the strongest, positive correlation with conjunction fallacy errors

A very strong correlation between theoretical belief and BADE

A very strong correlation between experiential belief and BADE

No correlation between belief type and BADE

A very weak correlation between experiential belief and BADE

experiential belief was a predictor

both ratios AND political beliefs were predictors

ratios were not a predictor

political beliefs were not a predictor

ratios were a predictor

political beliefs were a predictor

skin cream use was a predictor

Identity-Protective Cognition Thesis

Social-Identity Preservation

In-group Conformity

Social Rejection Theory

Cognitive Dissonance