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Peter Lush
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Researcher at University of Sussex working on phenomenological control and demand characteristics.
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In this new research, we found that truth beliefs can be successfully conditioned:

Statements - true and false - are rated as more true after their pairing with positive than negative pictures.

This effect bridges research on evaluative conditioning and misinformation.

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November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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New preprint: "Belief-reinforcing unusual experiences may arise from phenomenological control". doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reports a study testing predictions arising from the theory that phenomenological control evolved to promote experiences of a spirit world in order to support religious beliefs.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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New article on the potential contribution of experimental demand artifacts to evaluative conditioning effects now published OA in SPPC: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Evaluative Conditioning has a Vexing Demand Problem
Attitude research has long been concerned with the potential influence of demand characteristics in evaluative conditioning effects. Here, we argue that this concern remains justified and cannot be r...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social

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In 2024, Infant and Child Development (ICD) withdrew as a PCI RR-friendly journal and reneged on three Stage 1 recommendations issued by PCI RR. In addition, Wiley – the publisher of ICD – notified PCI RR and the PCI core team of its decision to withdraw all Wiley journals from PCI and PCI RR, including an additional 9 PCI-friendly journals. Finally, Wiley appears to have banned all of its ~1600 journals from considering submissions that have been previously reviewed by PCI or PCI RR. This statement explains the history of ICD joining PCI RR and developments that led to the current outcome. The PCI RR Managing Board believes that this shift in policy to become “PCI-hostile” renders Wiley journals incompatible not only with community-based preprint review but with preprint archiving in general.
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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御茶ノ水女子大学の今泉修さん との論文「現象学的制御尺度（Phenomenological Control Scale）の日本語版開発」がNeuroscience of Consciousness誌に掲載されました！ 現象学的制御の個人差にご興味のある方はぜひご覧ください! DOI: doi.org/10.1093/nc/n... (スレッドで解説します👇) #心理学 #現象学的制御
The Japanese version of the Phenomenological Control Scale
Abstract. People vary in their capacity for phenomenological control, which enables them to align their perceptual experiences with their intentions and go
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May 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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A Stage 1 registered report with Zoltan Dienes: "Reversing the Rubber Hand Illusion with demand characteristics and phenomenological control." A test of whether PC can reverse typical RHI effects, with stronger illusion responses for asynchronous than synchronous conditions.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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In this new preprint, we argue that the role of demand artifacts in evaluative conditioning research can't be readily dismissed.

We highlight methodological challenges by discussing three recent articles that addressed that question:

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March 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM