JOURNAL ARTICLE

How participants create illusory experiences to help experimenters.

  • Published In: Psychology & Psychiatry Journal, 2025. P. 1936 1 of 2

  • Database: Psychology Source 2 of 2

Abstract

The article focuses on research investigating the concept of phenomenological control (PC) in psychological experiments, which refers to participants' ability to influence their experiences to meet personal goals. The study, encompassing four investigations with a total of 2,042 participants, found that PC significantly affected belief-sensitive psychological effects, such as visually evoked auditory responses (vEAR) and autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), but did not influence classic visual illusions. The findings suggest that PC may pose a validity threat in psychological research, similar to placebo effects in medicine, particularly when effects are sensitive to participants' beliefs. The preprint has not undergone peer review. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychology & Psychiatry Journal. 2025/12, p1936
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Consumer Health
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:1944-2718
  • Accession Number:190484653
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