Citation for article where child bebunks psychic?

catkinso · 14th August 2006, 02:05 PM

Hello All,

Could anyone please point me toward the article (Nature? Science?) that was published (I seem to recall in the mid 1990s) where a grade school student tests an alleged psychic (card reading I believe) and determines that her guesses are not different than random guessing? The 'psychic' went along--it was a young (less than ten?) student, but careful controls and some simple statistics ended up with a great article.

Thanks for any assistance. I tried Yahoo answers and receievd nothing useful (only one 'let me know if you find it' and one "psychics are real dood" response). I imagine that the JREF commnuity (long time reader, first time poster here) will be more helpful.

walthrup48 · 14th August 2006, 03:03 PM

You might be thinking of Emily Rosa and her testing of Therapeutic Touch.

Unnamed · 14th August 2006, 03:45 PM

That's the only one that comes to mind. Emily was 9, and the study was published in 1998, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. There is a summary here:

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...Topics/tt.html

catkinso · 15th August 2006, 08:16 AM

Thanks for the information. This is indeed the article (and good evidence that human memory is reliable

) that I was trying to find. If anyone is interested, the full citation is: Rosa et al. 1998 "A Close Look at Therapeutic Touch" Journal of the American Medical Association 279:1005-10.

Thanks again.

14th August 2006, 02:05 PM	#1
catkinso New Blood Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Citation for article where child bebunks psychic? Hello All, Could anyone please point me toward the article (Nature? Science?) that was published (I seem to recall in the mid 1990s) where a grade school student tests an alleged psychic (card reading I believe) and determines that her guesses are not different than random guessing? The 'psychic' went along--it was a young (less than ten?) student, but careful controls and some simple statistics ended up with a great article. Thanks for any assistance. I tried Yahoo answers and receievd nothing useful (only one 'let me know if you find it' and one "psychics are real dood" response). I imagine that the JREF commnuity (long time reader, first time poster here) will be more helpful.
catkinso New Blood Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3

15th August 2006, 08:16 AM	#4
catkinso New Blood Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Thanks for the information. This is indeed the article (and good evidence that human memory is reliable ) that I was trying to find. If anyone is interested, the full citation is: Rosa et al. 1998 "A Close Look at Therapeutic Touch" Journal of the American Medical Association 279:1005-10. Thanks again.
catkinso New Blood Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3

14th August 2006, 03:03 PM	#2
walthrup48 Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,079	You might be thinking of Emily Rosa and her testing of Therapeutic Touch.

14th August 2006, 03:45 PM	#3
Unnamed Thinker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New England Posts: 230	That's the only one that comes to mind. Emily was 9, and the study was published in 1998, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. There is a summary here: http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...Topics/tt.html