Abstract
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.
Highlights
Brain lateralization is associated with human behavior
The obtained findings suggested a significant difference between the left-brain and right-brained people in terms of paranormal beliefs
A significant difference was found between the left-brained males and both left- and right-brained females in terms of paranormal beliefs
Summary
Brain lateralization is associated with human behavior. This study aimed at investigating the effects of brain lateralization on the scores of paranormal beliefs. The human body seems to be symmetrical; many internal organs of the body are asymmetrical. The structure of the brain appears to be symmetrical, but the two hemispheres act differently, implying that they are asymmetrical (Tsujii, Okada & Watanabe, 2010). Brain dissections reveal that the left hemisphere is always bigger than the right hemisphere. There are substantial long nerve fibers in the right hemisphere, forming connections between many areas, which are far from the brain. Several short nerve fibers are facilitating many communications in one limited area (Atkinson et al, 2000)
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