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==Further reading== * {{cite book |last= Hood |first= Bruce |author-link= Bruce Hood (psychologist) |title= SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable |publisher= [[HarperCollins|HarperOne]] |year= 2009 |isbn= 9780061452642 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/supersensewhyweb00hood }} * {{cite journal |last= Horton |first= Robin |author-link= Robin W.G. Horton |title= African traditional thought and western science: Part I. From tradition to science |journal= Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |year= 1967 |volume= 37 |issue= 1 |pages= 50–71 |jstor= 1157195 |ref= {{Harvid|Horton|1967a}}|doi= 10.2307/1157195 |s2cid= 145507695 }} * {{cite journal |last= Horton |first= Robin |author-link= Robin W.G. Horton |title= African traditional thought and western science: Part II. The 'closed' and 'open' predicaments |journal= Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |year= 1967 |volume= 37 |issue= 2 |pages= 155–87 |jstor= 1158253 |ref= {{Harvid|Horton|1967b}}|doi= 10.2307/1158253 |s2cid= 245911255 }} * {{cite book|last=Horton|first=Robin|author-link=Robin W.G. Horton|chapter=African traditional thought and western science|title=Rationality|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rationality00wils/page/131 131–171]|date=1970|editor-last=Wilson|editor-first=Bryan R.|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=9780631119302|series=Key Concepts in the Social Sciences|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/rationality00wils/page/131}} Abridged version of {{harvtxt|Horton|1967a}} and {{harvtxt|Horton|1967b}}. * {{cite news |url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200803/magical-thinking |title= Magical thinking |magazine= [[Psychology Today]] |last= Hutson |first= Matthew |date=2008 |volume = March-April | pages= 89–95}} * {{cite book |last= Hutson |first= Matthew |title= The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane |publisher= [[Hudson Street Press]] |year= 2012 |isbn= 9781594630873}} * {{cite book |last= Serban |first= George |title= The Tyranny of Magical Thinking |publisher= [[E. P. Dutton]] |location= New York |year= 1982 |isbn= 9780525241409}} This work discusses how and why the magical thinking of childhood can carry into adulthood, causing various maladaptions and psychopathologies. * {{cite journal |url= http://www.csicop.org/SI/show/magical_thinking_in_complementary_and_alternative_medicine/ |title= Magical thinking in complementary and alternative medicine | first= Phillips Jr. |last= Stevens |journal= [[Skeptical Inquirer]] |date= November–December 2001 |volume= 25 |issue= 6 |access-date= 2010-09-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603083044/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/magical_thinking_in_complementary_and_alternative_medicine/ |archive-date= 2010-06-03 |url-status= dead }} * {{cite book |last= Vyse |first= Stuart |title= Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |year= 1997 |isbn= 9780195136340}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Magical Thinking}} [[Category:Magical thinking| ]] [[Category:Causal fallacies]] [[Category:Cognition]] [[Category:Cognitive biases]] [[Category:Language and mysticism]] [[Category:Thought disorders]] [[Category:Psychology of religion]]
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