Computer problems: are some people jinxed?

Psychol Rep

Liverpool Hope University College, Hope Park, Liverpool, England L16 9JD.

Published: April 2001

To examine the popular notion that some people are 'jinxed' when using computers 111 undergraduate psychology students were 'jinxed' whilst trying to complete a task over the Internet. No evidence was found to support that notion.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2001.88.2.450DOI Listing

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