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- Title
Research Paper: Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs.
- Authors
Narmashiri, Abdolvahed; Sohrabi, Ahmad; Hatami, Javad; Amirfakhraei, Azita; Haghighat, Shaniya
- Abstract
Introduction: Brain lateralization is associated with human behavior. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the effects of brain lateralization on the scores of paranormal beliefs. Methods: The study population included 180 students of Sanandaj universities, Sanandaj City, Iran who were selected with convenience sampling method (100 left-brained males, 6 left-brained females, 56 both left- and right-brained males and 22 both left- and right-brained females). The research tools were the paranormal belief scale developed by Blackmore (1994), as well as the brain lateralization questionnaire (1985). Results: The obtained findings suggested a significant difference between the left-brain and right-brained people in terms of paranormal beliefs. A significant difference was also found between the left-brained males and both left- and right-brained females in terms of paranormal beliefs. Conclusion: The paranormal beliefs of the left-brained cases were different from both left- and right-brained subjects, which can be seen between the left-brained males and both left- and right-brained females.
- Subjects
SANANDAJ (Iran); IRAN; CEREBRAL dominance; BELIEF &; doubt; HUMAN behavior; GENDER; PARAPSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 6, p589
- ISSN
2008-126X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32598/bcn.9.10.923.1