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| Title |
Is it just a brick wall or a sign from the universe? An fMRI study of supernatural believers and skeptics
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| Published in |
Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1093/scan/nss096 |
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| Authors |
Marjaana Lindeman, Annika M. Svedholm, Tapani Riekki, Tuukka Raij, Riitta Hari |
| Abstract |
We examined with functional magnetic resonance imaging the brain activity of 12 supernatural believers and 11 skeptics who first imagined themselves in critical life situations (e.g. problems in intimate relationships) and then watched emotionally charged pictures of lifeless objects and scenery (e.g. two red cherries bound together). Supernatural believers reported seeing signs of how the situations were going to turn out in the pictures more often than skeptics did. Viewing the pictures activated the same brain regions among all participants (e.g. the left inferior frontal gyrus, IFG). However, the right IFG, previously associated with cognitive inhibition, was activated more strongly in skeptics than in supernatural believers, and its activation was negatively correlated to sign seeing in both participant groups. We discuss the implications of these findings for research on the universal processes that may underlie supernatural beliefs and the role of cognitive inhibition in explaining individual differences in such beliefs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 42 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 34 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 91 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 23% |
| Unknown | 11 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 42% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 138. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 September 2021.
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#67
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#1,516
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#4
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