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(Raëlism OR "Claude Vorilhon" OR Elohim)
(Scientology OR "Ron Hubbard" OR Dianetics)
("Heaven's Gate" OR "Marshall Applewhite" OR ("Hale-Bopp" AND Suicide))
("Aetherius Society" OR Unarius)
("Order of the Solar Temple" OR "Ordre du Temple Solaire") AND (Sect OR Cult)
("Luc Jouret" OR "Jo Di Mambro")
("Transit to Sirius"|"Great White Brotherhood") AND (Sect OR Cult)
("Children of God" OR "David Berg") AND (Sect OR Cult OR Abuse)
("Peoples Temple" OR Jonestown) OR ("Jim Jones" AND (Sect OR Cult OR Suicide))
("Aum Shinrikyo" OR "Shoko Asahara") OR ("Sarin gas" AND (Aum OR Terror OR Cult))
("Jehovah's Witnesses" OR ("Watchtower" AND (Religion OR Sect OR Bible)))
("Mormonism" OR "Latter Day Saints") OR ("LDS" AND (Mormon OR Religion OR Church))
("Opus Dei" AND (Religion OR Catholic OR Church OR Cult))
"Universal Church of the Kingdom of God"
("International Church of Christ" OR "Church of Christ")
("UFO Religions" OR "UFO Cults")
(Apocalypticism OR Millenarianism OR "Doomsday Cult")
("Mass Suicide" AND (Cult OR Sect OR Group))
("Extraterrestrial" AND (Belief OR Religion OR Cult OR Sect))
("Esotericism" AND (Abuse OR Manipulation OR Psychology))
"New Religious Movements"

The relationship between anomalistic belief and biases of evidence integration and jumping to conclusions.

Biases in the assessment and integration of evidence are likely contributors to anomalistic (e.g., paranormal, extra-terrestrial) beliefs because of the non-evidence based nature of these beliefs. How…

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Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2018). The relationship between anomalistic belief and biases of evidence integration and jumping to conclusions.. Acta Psychol (Amst), 190, 217-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.08.006

C. G. Jung and intuition: from the mindscape of the paranormal to the heart of psychology.

Intuition is central in the work, practice, and philosophical legacy of C. G. Jung. In this paper, I will first discuss the importance of intuition for Jung in the paradigm usually designated the 'par…

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Pilard, N. (2018). C. G. Jung and intuition: from the mindscape of the paranormal to the heart of psychology.. J Anal Psychol, 63(1), 65-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12380

Dying for your group or for your faith? On the power of belief.

Whitehouse's theory offers one plausible pathway toward extreme self-sacrifice, but it fails to explain sacrificial acts that are inspired by heartfelt ideological beliefs, including jihadi terrorism …

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Boudry, M. (2018). Dying for your group or for your faith? On the power of belief.. Behav Brain Sci, 41, e195. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001656

Group Therapy or Mass Suicide? The Sharing of Cellular Damage Between Members of a Bacterial Community.

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Whitworth, D. E. (2017). Group Therapy or Mass Suicide? The Sharing of Cellular Damage Between Members of a Bacterial Community.. Bioessays, 39(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201700178

Francis Bacon and Magnetical Cosmology.

A short-lived but important movement in seventeenth-century English natural philosophy—which scholars call “magnetical philosophy” or “magnetical cosmology”—sought to understand gravity (both terrestr…

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Wang, X. (2016). Francis Bacon and Magnetical Cosmology.. Isis, 107(4), 707-21. https://doi.org/10.1086/689695

I Want to Believe: A Short Psychobiography of Mary Baker Eddy.

The 18th and 19th centuries were beset with new religious movements in the United States: Shakers, Latter Day Saints, Millerites, and Seventh Day Adventists to name a few. One group, Christian Science…

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Dean, T. W. (2016). I Want to Believe: A Short Psychobiography of Mary Baker Eddy.. J Psychohist, 44(1), 60-72.

Simulation and Spacecraft Design: Engineering Mars Landings.

A key issue in history of technology that has received little attention is the use of simulation in engineering design. This article explores the use of both mechanical and numerical simulation in the…

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Conway, E. M. (2015). Simulation and Spacecraft Design: Engineering Mars Landings.. Technol Cult, 56(4), 812-38. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2015.0113

Crystals: animal, vegetable or mineral?

The morphologies of biological materials, from body shapes to membranes within cells, are typically curvaceous and flexible, in contrast to the angular, facetted shapes of inorganic matter. An alterna…

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Hyde, S. T. (2015). Crystals: animal, vegetable or mineral?. Interface Focus, 5(4), 20150027. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2015.0027

New religious movement membership and the importance of stable 'others' for the making of selves.

Challenging the view that people join New Religious Movements because they have fallen victim to powerful brainwashing techniques, the analysis of in-depth life history interviews of 23 former members…

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Coates, D. D. (2014). New religious movement membership and the importance of stable 'others' for the making of selves.. J Relig Health, 53(5), 1300-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9715-0

Evidence evaluation: measure Z corresponds to human utility judgments better than measure L and optimal-experimental-design models.

Evidence evaluation is a crucial process in many human activities, spanning from medical diagnosis to impression formation. The present experiments investigated which, if any, normative model best con…

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Rusconi, P., Marelli, M., D'Addario, M., Russo, S., & Cherubini, P. (2014). Evidence evaluation: measure Z corresponds to human utility judgments better than measure L and optimal-experimental-design models.. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 40(3), 703-23. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035549

Impact of some types of mass gatherings on current suicide risk in an urban population: statistical and negative binominal regression analysis of time series.

BACKGROUND: Many studies have investigated the impact of a wide range of social events on suicide-related behaviour. However, these studies have predominantly examined national events. The aim of this…

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Usenko, V. S., Svirin, S. N., Shchekaturov, Y. N., & Ponarin, E. D. (2014). Impact of some types of mass gatherings on current suicide risk in an urban population: statistical and negative binominal regression analysis of time series.. BMC Public Health, 14, 308. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-308

The cultural significance of synchronicity for Jung and Pauli.

This paper considers the cultural significance of C.G. Jung's concept of synchronicity, as this was envisaged both by Jung himself and by the physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung's most important discussant…

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Main, R. (2014). The cultural significance of synchronicity for Jung and Pauli.. J Anal Psychol, 59(2), 174-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12067