Eckblad & Chapman (1983) identified magical ideation as the aspect of cognitive slippage critical to schizotypy. They define Magical Ideation as magical and superstitious beliefs about reality reliant on false causal relations between events. By this definition, cognitive slippage can manifest as fallacious, causal connections between correlated or unrelated events.
Eckblad & Chapman (1983) identified magical ideation as a key aspect of cognitive slippage critical to schizotypy. They define Magical Ideation as beliefs about reality that are mystical and superstitious, based on false causal relationships between events. By this definition, cognitive slippage can manifest as fallacious, causal connections between correlated or unrelated events.