Hocus Pocus: using comics to promote skepticism about the paranormal

This study investigated the potential for comics to promote skepticism about paranormal. Participants rated their interest in comics, read a skeptical account of alleged paranormal phenomena one three mediums (text, comic, and comic containing an interactive magic trick), then engagement, recall. The text was as more interesting entertaining than participants' prior positively correlated with engagement shift skepticism. suggests that certain cohorts, may be effective way attitude change. implications future work are considered.