Gedankenleser wie Derren Brown, Jan Becker oder Thorsten Havener können nicht wirklich Gedanken lesen.

Ihre Tricks basieren in erster Linie auf Zaubertricks, mit welchen sie die Probanden in die Irre leiten. Zum anderen haben sie aber auch ein gutes Verständnis von der Funktionsweise des menschlichen Gehirns.

Unter bestimmten Umständen lässt sich nämlich – mit gewisser Wahrscheinlichkeit – vorhersagen, was eine Person als nächstes Denken wird…

Keywords: Subliminale Beeinflussung – Gedanken lesen – Priming – Zahlen – Derren Brown

Besprochene Studien:

Kubovy, M. (1977). Response availability and the apparent spontaneity of numerical choices.  Journal of Experimental  Psychology: Human Perception and Performance , 3: 359 – 364.

– Versuchspersonen: 306 Studenten

a) “Write down the first number between 1000 and 9999 that comes to mind!”

b) “Write down the first four-digit number that comes to mind!”

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