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  1. The magician’s choice: Providing illusory choice and sense of agency with the equivoque forcing technique.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychology General, July 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alice Pailhès, Gustav Kuhn

  2. Reply to Cole: Magic and deception—do magicians mislead science?

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alice Pailhès

  3. How magicians influence your thoughts and choices

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alice Pailhès

  4. The apparent action causation: Using a magician forcing technique to investigate our illusory sense of agency over the outcome of our choices

    Article • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, June 2020, SAGE Publications

    Alice Pailhès

  5. Subtly encouraging more deliberate decisions: using a forcing technique and population stereotype to investigate free will

    Article • Psychological Research, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alice Pailhès

  6. Forcing you to experience wonder: Unconsciously biasing people’s choice through strategic physical positioning

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, April 2020, Elsevier

    Alice Pailhès