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"When I saw her do her usual readings, I couldn't believe the discrepancy between what I was hearing and how impressed the individuals were. Why so many of those who go to see Natasha believe in her ability to diagnose their ills is akin to people believing in fortune tellers, says Prof Wiseman. "I wasn't convinced there wasn't other stuff going on," says Prof Wiseman. Prof Wiseman, who helped design the test, says that although they have no proof Natasha cheated, a lot of text messages were being sent between her and her companions during the test, something the scientists had expressly forbidden.
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But at worst, there's something else going on," says Richard Wiseman, a professional magician turned psychologist and paranormal investigator at the University of Hertfordshire. "At best, she's done this a lot and she has a real expertise at being able to look at people and make reasonably accurate diagnoses. So what is their explanation of what is going on? Why is that if I get five out of seven I pass, but if I get four, I'm a total failure?" she says.īut the scientists who designed the experiment say a failure is a failure. The conditions I was looking for were in some cases dubious. "The atmosphere of the testing was unfriendly. Natasha now says she was unhappy with how the test was carried out. Though she correctly identified four of the patients, she misdiagnosed three, including one who had a missing appendix. The scientists decided that if Natasha could correctly identify who had which operation five times out of seven, she would pass.Īfter four hours, Natasha had made her final judgment and the scientists convened to announce the results. In the second part of the test, Natasha was sat in front of seven people and given a list of medical conditions ranging from an artificial hip to a metal plate that had been implanted in one of their heads after the removal of a tumour.
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At the end of the consultation period, most were impressed, feeling that Natasha had pinpointed their conditions. The experiment was designed by scientists working for Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) an organisation of professional sceptics who have previously tested, and failed, the likes of Uri Geller.įor the first part of the test, Natasha was asked to try and diagnose the conditions of people who had described specific ailments to the scientists. Natasha is in London for a publicity tour, courtesy of Discovery Channel, who filmed the experiment for a programme to be aired at 9pm on Thursday evening. For a fraction of a second, I see a colourful picture inside the person and then I start to analyse it," she says.Īs word of Natasha's claims spread throughout Saransk and across Russia, people started turning up at her door, mostly those whom local doctors were at a loss to diagnose. Now, I have to switch from my regular vision to what I call medical vision. I could see inside my mother's body and I started telling her about the organs I could see. "I was at home with my mother and suddenly I had a vision. Natasha says she first became aware of her "gift" when she was 10. "I just wanted people to acknowledge that this phenomenon exists," she says. Earlier in the year she agreed to take part in a scientific test to prove once and for all whether she can really do what she claims.
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While the media happily courted Demkina, the dismissive attitude of the sceptics seems to have vexed her. She also managed to unnerve the show's resident doctor, Chris Steele, who when told he might have something wrong with his stomach, pancreas, liver and kidneys nipped off for a scan at a Harley Street clinic. During her visit, she went on ITV's This Morning and impressed Fern Britton by spotting her sore ankle. In January, the Sun brought Natasha to Britain, prompting a flurry of credulous stories about the "girl with the x-ray eyes". But such concerns rarely carry much weight in the media.