title: 'Meaningful' patterns in visual noise: effects of lateral stimulation and the observer's belief in ESP.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Regard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Landis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niederberger
mesh_terms: 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