Researcher Álex Escolà-Gascón developed the Multivariable Multiaxial Suggestibility Inventory-2 (MMSI-2), a psychometric tool designed to measure and explain supernatural experiences, described in a 2021 paper in Frontiers in Psychology.
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- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.692194/full (frontiersin.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8322782/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/632785/ (e-space.mmu.ac.uk)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353286389_The_Multivariable_Multiaxial_Suggestibility_Inventory-2_MMSI-2_A_Psychometric_Alternative_to_Measure_and_Explain_Supernatural_Experiences (researchgate.net)
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