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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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Routledge
2019
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| Στο/Στη: |
Religion, brain & behavior
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 9, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 108-125 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Κατανάλωση αλκοόλ
/ Εγκέφαλος
/ Stimulation
/ Υποβολή
/ Πνευματική εμπειρία
/ Το Υπερφυσικό
/ Προσδοκία
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AB Φιλοσοφία της θρησκείας, Κριτική της θρησκείας, Αθεϊσμός ΑΕ Ψυχολογία της θρησκείας AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
mystical experiences
B Expectancy B Suggestibility B God Helmet B Alcohol B executive function |
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| Σύνοψη: | 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-registered field study, we set out to test whether alcohol could increase participants’ susceptibility to the God Helmet suggestion in a large sample (N = 193) at a Dutch festival. Participants reported a wide range of extraordinary experiences associated with mysticism, including out-of-body experiences, involuntary movements, and the felt presence of invisible beings. Regression analyses revealed that self-identified spiritualism predicted extraordinary experiences, but neither objective nor subjective measures of alcohol intoxication increased participants’ susceptibility to the God Helmet. Methodological limitations that may explain the lack of an effect for alcohol are discussed, while we explore the usefulness of the God Helmet in the study of extraordinary experiences. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2017.1403952 |