Sensing ghosts and other dangerous beings: uncertainty, sensory deprivation, and the feeling of presence
When alone in the darkness, humans often fear various “unseen others” like ghosts, monsters, burglars, or animals. In a laboratory study, we aimed to induce the feeling of presence (FoP) via uncertainty by setting participants into a sensory deprivation context and experimentally priming them with t...
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| Language: | English |
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2025
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 128-143 |
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Uncertainty
B predictive processing B Sensory deprivation B Agency Detection B Feeling of presence |
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