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Comment author: gwern 21 November 2013 05:39:40PM 6 points [-]

There are a few, but not many such studies, for obvious reasons. I list at least one in http://www.gwern.net/DNB%20FAQ#flaws-in-mainstream-science-and-psychology and IIRC, the correlation->causation rate was <10%.