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The human mind is always searching for meaning in ambiguity. Could misinterpretations of the external world create the experience of the supernatural?
While most Canadians trust science, half of us also believe in unexplained phenomena.
Haunted was a groundbreaking documentary that took the paranormal to prime time in Australia.
Sociologists who measured supernatural beliefs in the US found that higher education and higher income are associated with lower levels.
It’s important to recognise how deeply supernatural beliefs influence people, rather than dismissing or ignoring them.
The issue of ghost clothes is interesting for historians of the supernatural because, like a loose thread, pulling at it starts to unravel some of the assumptions about matter in spiritualism.
Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.
An art exhibit, ‘The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts,’ sees contemporary artists contextualize uncanny photographs taken between the World Wars in Winnipeg.
It is deeply connected to sleep paralysis but that can’t explain everything.
We’ve spent ages learning about the people who think they’ve come from another planet, so you don’t have to.
While people have wondered about déjà vu for a long time, only recently have scientists started experimentally investigating what might trigger it.
From Strictly Come Dancing to the Tour de France ‘curses’ have rational explanations. Here, psychologists discuss why belief in them persists.
Over a quarter of people believe that humans have psychic abilities.
Towns are embracing their eccentric visitors as a way to boost their struggling economies.
Sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome can help explain things that go bump in the night.
Crop circles are global phenomena gaining attention as paranormal culture becomes mainstream, along with a hybrid approach that emulates scientific investigation.
People with paranormal beliefs often experience social rejection. But for those at risk of psychosis, support is important for prevention.
The truth about the paranormal – just in time for Halloween.
BBC One’s The Living and the Dead revels in the Victorians’ obsession with the supernatural and the limits of science.
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Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior lecturer in Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Psychology, Lafayette College
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Professor of Screen Aesthetics and Criticism, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Victorian Literature, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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PhD, Paratexts in Genre Fiction, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Colorado State University
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Professor, History, University of Winnipeg
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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