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Evidence for anomalistic correlations between human behavior and a random event generator: Result of an independent replication of a micro-PK experiment

Walach, H.; Horan, M.; Hinterberger, T.; von Lucadou, W. · 2020

AI-verified citationSRC-WALACH-2020
identifier / locator
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice 7(2): 173–188. DOI: 10.1037/cns0000199
verification note
DOI, authorship, and bibliographic details confirmed via Crossref; results characterization cross-checked against the authors' own summary in Walach et al. 2021.
reliability notes
  • APA journal, peer-reviewed; the largest positive matrix report.
  • Co-authored by the model's originator; the 2021 successor paper describes this effect as 'significant but fragile' with significance breaking down under improved analyses.

Evidence drawn from this source

Supports· moderateMPI-E002

Walach et al. 2020: a large two-lab replication reports a significant surplus

what the source states
A two-laboratory replication with rebuilt hardware and software and a 45×45-variable matrix (2,025 cells) reported evidence for anomalistic correlations between human behavior and a random event generator, evaluated against 10,000 simulated experiments.
what we infer
The strongest positive result in the modern record — and qualified by its own authors a year later, who described it as "a significant but fragile effect, as significance broke down in reasonably improved methods of analysis" (Walach et al. 2021). Both halves belong in the ledger.
limitations
  • Co-authored by the model's originator.
  • Significance was not robust across analysis variants, per the authors' own successor paper.