@ARTICLE{Narmashiri, author = {Narmashiri, Abdolvahed and Sohrabi, Ahmad and Hatami, Javad and Amirfakhraei, Azita and Haghighat, Shaniya and }, title = {Investigating the Role of Brain Lateralization and Gender in Paranormal Beliefs}, volume = {10}, number = {6}, 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. }, URL = {http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-770-en.html}, eprint = {http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-770-en.pdf}, journal = {Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal}, doi = {10.32598/bcn.9.10.923.1}, year = {2019} }