Journal article
'Meaningful' patterns in visual noise: effects of lateral stimulation and the observer's belief in ESP.
- Brugger P Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
- Regard M
- Landis T
- Cook N
- Krebs D
- Niederberger J
- 1993-01-01
Published in:
- Psychopathology. - 1993
Adult
Attention
Discrimination Learning
Dominance, Cerebral
Humans
Imagination
Male
Optical Illusions
Parapsychology
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Psychomotor Performance
Unconscious, Psychology
English
Visual noise subjectively contains more meaningful patterns (1) when tachistoscopically presented to the left visual field, and (2) for persons who believe in extrasensory perception (ESP). These results indicate a possible right hemisphere mediation of delusional perception and suggest some delusional component in the belief in ESP.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1159/000284831
- PMID 8190845
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/185566
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