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1, Ahmad Sohrabi2 , Javad Hatami3 , Azita Amirfakhraei4 , Shaniya Haghighat5
2- Department Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
3- Department Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Psychology, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
5- 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.
Received: 2016/05/3 | Accepted: 2018/12/27 | Published: 2019/11/1
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