توهم کنترل
Stuart Vyse, Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (2000)
نوسیبو
Hahn, R. A. (1997). The Nocebo Phenomenon: Concept, Evidence, and Implications for Public Health. Preventive Medicine, 26(5), 607–611.
اسناد درونی و بیرونی
Miller, J. G. (1984). Culture and the development of everyday social explanation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46(5), 961–978.
کارکرد اجتماعی
Foster, G. M. (1965). Peasant Society and the Image of Limited Good. American Anthropologist, 67(2), 293–315.

Foster, G. M. (1972). The Anatomy of Envy: A Study in Symbolic Behavior. Current Anthropology, 13(2), 165–202.
هم‌بستگی توهمی
Chapman, L. J. (1967). Illusory correlation in observational report. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 6(1), 151–155.
سوگیری تاییدی
Nickerson, R. S. (1998). Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises. Review of General Psychology, 2(2), 175–220.
مقاومت در برابر تغییر باور
Ross, L., Lepper, M. R., & Hubbard, M. (1975). Perseverance in self-perception and social perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32(5), 880–892.