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Markus Maier
Biography
Markus Maier is a professor of psychology at LMU Munich, heading the Emotion and Motivation research unit. His work bridges mainstream motivation psychology and frontier consciousness research, investigating whether conscious intention can influence quantum random number generators. A large-scale online study (n=12,571) by his team found strong Bayesian evidence against micro-PK, demonstrating his commitment to rigorous methodology regardless of outcome.
Published Studies (10)
Psi Effects as a Result of Implicit Expectations About Probabilities – Investigating Micro-PK with a Biased Baseline(2025)
Tier 4 — PreliminaryTesting the Effects of Personality-Related Beliefs on Micro-PK(2024)
Tier 2 — SilverQuantum Measurement as Pragmatic Information Transfer(2022)
Tier 3 — BronzeA Pre-Registered Test of a Correlational Micro-PK Effect: Efforts to Learn from a Failure to Replicate(2022)
Tier 2 — SilverReply to Grote H. (2018). Commentary: Intentional Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness: A Bayesian Analysis Reveals Evidence Against Micro-Psychokinesis. Frontiers in Psychology 9:1350. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01350.(2021)
Tier 4 — PreliminaryObserver Dependent Biases of Quantum Randomness(2021)
Tier 4 — PreliminaryYou Attract what You Are: The Effect of Unconscious Needs on Micro-Psychokinesis(2020)
Tier 3 — BronzeHow Smokers Change Their World and How the World Responds: Testing the Oscillatory Nature of Micro-Psychokinetic Observer Effects on Addiction-Related Stimuli(2019)
Tier 2 — SilverIntentional Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness: A Bayesian Analysis Reveals Evidence Against Micro-Psychokinesis(2018)
Tier 4 — PreliminaryObserver Effects on Quantum Randomness: Testing Micro-Psychokinetic Effects of Smokers on Addiction-Related Stimuli(2018)
Tier 3 — BronzeAffiliations
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