ArticleScientific reports2023
Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics.
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- Altered fronto-parietal alpha synchronization and coherence in paranormal believers.Neuroimage. Reports · 2025Article
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- Conspiracy beliefs are associated with a reduction in frontal beta power and biases in categorizing ambiguous stimuli.Heliyon · 2023Article
- The Role of Cognitive Control in Paranormal Beliefs: A Study Based on Performance in Go/No-go Task.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
- Comparative efficacy of tDCS and tACS in the context of enhancing executive function under acute stress: A randomized, sham-controlled study.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Paranormal believers' thinking is frequently biased by intuitive beliefs. Lack of inhibition of these tempting beliefs is considered a key element in paranormal believers' thinking. However, the brain activity related to inhibitory control in paranormal believers is poorly understood. We examined EEG activities at resting state in alpha, beta, and gamma bands with inhibitory control in paranormal believers and skeptics. The present study shows that paranormal belief is related to the reduced power of the alpha, beta, and gamma frequency bands, and reduced inhibitory control. This study may contribute to understanding the differences between believers and skeptics in brain activity related to inhibitory control in paranormal believers.
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