Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs
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 selec...
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| author | Abdolvahed Narmashiri Ahmad Sohrabi Javad Hatami Azita Amirfakhraei Shaniya Haghighat |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-702671aa7fe641f4804151771a7f6eef2024-03-02T12:15:54ZengIran University of Medical SciencesBasic and Clinical Neuroscience2008-126X2228-74422019-11-01106589596Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal BeliefsAbdolvahed Narmashiri0Ahmad Sohrabi1Javad Hatami2Azita Amirfakhraei3Shaniya Haghighat4 Institute for Cognitive Sciences Studies,Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.; Iranshahr University of Medical sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. Department Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. Department Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Department of Psychology, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Department Psychology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran. 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.http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-770-en.htmlbrain lateralizationparanormal beliefsgender |
| spellingShingle | Abdolvahed Narmashiri Ahmad Sohrabi Javad Hatami Azita Amirfakhraei Shaniya Haghighat Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs Basic and Clinical Neuroscience brain lateralization paranormal beliefs gender |
| title | Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs |
| title_full | Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs |
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| title_short | Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs |
| title_sort | investigating the role of brain lateralization and gender in paranormal beliefs |
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