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Crawley S E, French C C, Yesson S A, 2002, "Evidence for transliminality from a subliminal card-guessing task" Perception 31(7) 887 – 892

Evidence for transliminality from a subliminal card-guessing task

Susan E Crawley, Christopher C French, Steven A Yesson

Received 31 January 2001, in revised form 7 March 2002

Abstract. In this experiment we sought to provide evidence for transliminality from a test of subliminal perception that was disguised as a computerised ESP card-guessing task. It was predicted that highly transliminal individuals would outperform those with low levels of transliminality when given subliminal primes or 'clues' to the correct choice of card, but not when no primes were given. In line with the prediction, higher levels of transliminality were found to be associated with a greater number of correct selections of the target card on the primed trials, but not on the unprimed trials. In addition, a positive correlation was obtained between transliminality and detection accuracy, suggesting that higher levels of transliminality are associated with a greater sensitivity to visual stimulation. The results are discussed with reference to the possibility that transliminality might offer an alternative explanation for some ostensibly psychic perceptual experiences if subliminally acquired material is wrongly attributed to psychic sources.

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