Demkina and the investigators had agreed that in order to warrant further testing, she needed to correctly match at least five of the seven conditions. In addition, the researchers said that the influence of non-paranormal observations could not be ruled out under the lax conditions of the test. The researchers explained that while evidence of a weak or erratic ability may be of theoretical interest, it would be useless for providing medical diagnoses. The researchers said that, because of limitation in time and resources, the preliminary test was designed to look only for a strongly demonstrated ability. The cases in question included six specified anatomical anomalies resulting from surgery and one "normal" control subject. In the test, Demkina was asked to correctly match six specified anatomical anomalies to seven volunteer subjects. Then CSI researchers Ray Hyman, Richard Wiseman, and Andrew Skolnick conducted their test of Demkina. Before each reading, I asked the people what was the main medical problem and Natasha never got one of those right." Wiseman compared the belief of people in Demkina's diagnoses to the belief of people in fortune tellers, and said that people focus only on those portions of Demkina's comments that they believe. I thought they were going to walk away saying it was embarrassing, but time and again, they said it was amazing. CSI researcher Richard Wiseman said, "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. The researchers, however, were not similarly impressed. Most of the people given these readings felt that Demkina had accurately identified their conditions.
In May 2004 she was brought to New York City by the Discovery Channel to appear on a documentary titled The Girl with X-Ray Eyes, and to be tested by skeptical researchers from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) under partially controlled conditions.Īs a demonstration for the documentary, Demkina was shown wearing her vision-hat and giving diagnoses to people who had previously given descriptions of their specific medical conditions. Later medical evaluation determined that he was in good health and was not suffering from any of the ailments she had identified. In one incident she told television-physician Chris Steele that he was suffering from a number of medical conditions, including kidney stones, an ailment of the gall bladder, and an enlarged liver and pancreas. However, after she had left the United Kingdom, it emerged that she had made errors among her diagnoses. Initially, Demkina's demonstrations were well received. The Guardian reported that she impressed the host of daytime television program This Morning by spotting that she had a sore ankle during an interview. A Discovery Channel documentary on Demkina mentions reports of Demkina having successfully identified all the fractures and metal pins in a woman who had recently been a victim in a car crash.
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She gave a number of demonstrations and her diagnoses were then compared to professional medical diagnosis. In January 2004, British tabloid newspaper The Sun brought Demkina to England. She also disagreed with the diagnosis of a cancer patient, saying all she could see was a small cyst. Demkina is reported to have drawn a picture of what she saw inside a doctor’s stomach, marking where he had an ulcer. Russia Īfter stories about Demkina had begun to spread, doctors at a children’s hospital in her home town asked her to perform a number of tasks to see if her abilities were genuine. This led to interest from a British tabloid newspaper which invited her to give demonstrations in London, as well as further invitations from groups in New York and Tokyo. Her story was picked up by a local newspaper in spring 2003 and a local television station followed suit in November that year. For a fraction of a second, I see a colorful picture inside the person and then I start to analyze it." says Demkina Īfter describing her mother's internal organs to her, Demkina's story began to spread by word of mouth among the local population and people began gathering outside her door seeking medical consultations. 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. According to her mother, Tatyana Vladimovna, Demkina was a fast learner, but was otherwise a normal child until she was ten years old, at which time her ability began to manifest itself.
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