‘Meaningful’ Patterns in Visual Noise: Effects of Lateral Stimulation and the Observer’s Belief in ESP

作者：Peter Brugger, Marianne Regard, Théodor Landis, Norman D. Cook, Denise Krebs, Joseph Niederberger · 发表于：Psychopathology · 年份：2010 · DOI：10.1159/000284831 · 被引用次数：75 · 研究领域：Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment、Aesthetic Perception and Analysis、Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

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.