Study 1: We combine suggestion with a bistable visual stimulus to produce the illusion of motor control. Participants are explained that a rotating wheel on a computer is programmed to shift direction when they press a button. In fact the wheel is not rotating and the button does nothing. Still, pilot results indicate that this induction of expected control is sufficient for participants to unconsciously switch between two stable perceptual states to produce the illusion of motor control. Fascinating! but the story is a bit more complex.

Study 2: We use eyetracking to examine how level of source credibility affects the reading of the bible in students of theology. Exciting stuff! Info on the full paradigm in the presentation. 

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