
Coincidences Reflect a Rational Mind
While we can all agree coincidences have fascinated scholars and lay people alike, what they mean divides us into one of two camps: skeptics or believers.
Magda Osman is Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, and is head of the Dynamic Learning and Decision-Making Laboratory. She is the author of "Future-Minded: The Psychology of Agency and Control," (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2014). Her research interests include decision-making, unconscious processes, control and pro-social behaviors.
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