'Meaningful' patterns in visual noise: effects of lateral stimulation and the observer's belief in ESP.
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.
Brugger
P
P
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
Regard
M
M
Landis
T
T
Cook
N
N
Krebs
D
D
Niederberger
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009903:Optical Illusions; D010268:Parapsychology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology