Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics
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 ex...
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| author | Abdolvahed Narmashiri Javad Hatami Reza Khosrowabadi Ahmad Sohrabi |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ab5b1e9f144a4361b8675653188dda332023-07-30T11:16:09ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-02-0113111510.1038/s41598-023-30457-7Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skepticsAbdolvahed Narmashiri0Javad Hatami1Reza Khosrowabadi2Ahmad Sohrabi3School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM)University of TehranShahid Beheshti UniversityUniversity of KurdistanAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30457-7 |
| spellingShingle | Abdolvahed Narmashiri Javad Hatami Reza Khosrowabadi Ahmad Sohrabi Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics Scientific Reports |
| title | Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| title_full | Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| title_fullStr | Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| title_short | Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| title_sort | paranormal believers show reduced resting eeg beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30457-7 |
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