The role of alcohol in expectancy-driven mystical experiences: a pre-registered field study using placebo brain stimulation
We explored the effects of alcohol on expectancy-driven mystical and quasi-mystical experiences by manipulating participants’ expectations. By using the so-called God Helmet suggestion, participants were led to believe that a placebo brain stimulation could elicit mystical experiences. In this pre-r...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2019
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 108-125 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Alcohol consumption
/ Brain
/ Stimulation
/ Suggestion
/ Spiritual experience
/ The Supernatural
/ Expectation
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
Further subjects: | B
mystical experiences
B Expectancy B Suggestibility B God Helmet B Alcohol B executive function |
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