Natasha Demkina

Natalya Nikolaevna Djomkina (actually: Russian Наталья Николаевна Дёмкина, also known as Natasha Demkina; * 1987 in Saransk, Soviet Union) is a woman with supposed psychic abilities.

Overview

She gained fame as the " X- Girl" (Russian " Dewotschka Rentgen "). According to the company it controls a second look, which should enable it to recognize human innards. According to mass media, their diagnoses subject as accurate as or more accurate than those of the physicians with medical equipment. During an experiment on 1 May 2004, which was broadcast by the Discovery Channel, it has not managed to put their skills to the test exactly, but reached only 80 % of the necessary requirements. After Djomkinas own opinion should this have been staged in advance disadvantages.

The phenomenon

According to Natalya's and their parents the unusual abilities of the daughter began at the age of ten years. Initially, " looked through " Natalya friends, greater attention was given the phenomenon, however, in winter 2003/2004, was reported as about on television. At this time, Natalia was in the last school year. In January 2004, Natalia attended ( with her mother ), at the invitation of the English press, London, where she presented during a live broadcast their skills. So she took also part in a trial, which had been organized by the tabloid The Sun. As an " experimental material " is reported the journalist Bryony Wordan who had suffered multiple fractures in a traffic accident.

Investigation by testing

In March 2004, the U.S. network Discovery Channel has ( specializing in popular science and educational programs ) on the girl's attention. This time it did not set journalists, but the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI ) (then Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, CSICOP ) and the Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (now no longer existing) with the experiment apart. In preparing the experiments, the professors of psychology who worked as a journalist for over ten years and editor of the Journal of participating Ray Hyman of the University of Oregon (USA ) and Richard Wiseman of the Hetfordshire University ( UK), and Andrew Skolnick, American Medical Association was.

Structure of the experiment

The experiment was organized as follows: Natalja should look at seven volunteers, six of which on radiographs visible abnormalities ( one of the participants did not have this ), and on special cards with the description of the suffering in the English and Russian languages ​​, the number of the experiment - participant's record, which had the suffering depicted thereon. After the experiment, there were five correct results of seven as a criterion for the detection and would have been reason for the Commission to embark on further studies on the phenomenon Natalya. These experimental conditions were agreed with Natalia and her mother previously and they agreed with that. The volunteers had additional features: remote Appendix after appendicitis, removed the lower part of the esophagus, metallic surgical clips ( clips ) on the chest following heart surgery, a hip replacement, removed the upper lobe of the left lung and a metal plate, which covered the defect of the skull bone.

Evaluation of the experiment

As a result of the experiment Natalya gave correct responses in four cases. So was the result, in which the probability of guessing 1.8% was classified as unsatisfactory. In addition, the diagnosis took four hours, even though she had previously indicated that they could make a diagnosis in a few minutes. Mind you shut the experimental arrangement both eye contact and conversations with the participants and locomotion in their sight, which was previously part of their "work". The test was carried out in six rounds. Before each experiment was explained in detail Natalya ( the texts benutzend in Russian and English, and figures), which broken attention must be paid. The biggest mistake in terms of its alleged ability was that she was not able to identify the large metal plate in the skull of a volunteer. Several violations of the examination were noted. For example, appeared on Natalya during a test prior to the specified time and saw two of the volunteers over a long stairway to the building in which the test should take place, went. So she had the opportunity to assess their physical condition. In the space of test patterns was, contrary to the original protocol, Natalya's mother present. The girlfriend Natalya, who acted as interpreter, and got shipped in the period of the study repeatedly SMS messages. The organizers of the experiment indicated in its report that all correctly guessed cases are among those whose apparent condition is most likely health. For example, the healthy volunteers was the youngest and healthiest evident in the group, the person who had a heart surgery behind him, was one of the oldest and looking at gebrechlichsten. In addition, Natalia chose incorrectly for the category " person with cranial surgery, " a volunteer who had appeared for the test with a baseball cap. Despite the violations, the Commission conducted the test process through yet, which rested on the fact that the purpose of the study was not based on the exposure of Natalya's capabilities. The results should show whether bedürften the capabilities of the " X - Girl" of further studies.

Natalya's reaction

The " X- Girl" itself was not in agreement with the conclusions of the Commission. She pointed out that she had no experience in several patients receiving simultaneously. She also spoke of hostile psychological atmosphere that prevailed during the experiment. In 2004 Natalia graduated from the school who passed the unified state examination with 96 points (Russian Единый государственный экзамен, ЕГЭ; Jediny gossudarstwenny eksamen, Je.GE ) and was a student of the Medical Faculty of the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry (Russian Московский государственный медико - стоматологический университет ).