Background. Magical thinking, a sign of schizotypy, is accompanied by a decrease in the strength of left hemisphere language dominance and by an inattention towards the right side of space ("pseudoneglect"). We set out to explore whether it is also associated with a pseudoneglect in imagined space. Material and methods. Forty healthy right-handed adults were asked to imagine the contours of the...

abstract:the aim of current study is to investigate customs, traditions and beliefs related to evil eye according to anthropology of religion and beliefs. some differences have been always distinguished between religious rites and magical rites in anthropology of religion. in this study, we will first present determined definitions of religion and witchery from anthropological perspective and t...

expressions. As Carl Jung has stated, “...these (types of thinkers) create theories for their own sake, apparently with an eye to real or at least possible facts, but ultimately produce images which no longer express anything externally real, being mere symbols of the ineffable and unknowable” (238239, Jung). Taking this thought further I intend that the images I create have meaning, but not in...

Title of Thesis: THE BEHAVIORAL SIGNATURE OF PERMAGS: EXAMINING THE BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOMETRICALLY IDENTIFIED PUTATIVE SCHIZOTYPES Clifton Chamberlin, Master of Arts, 2005 Thesis directed by: Associate Professor Jack Blanchard Department of Psychology Perceptual aberrations and magical ideation have been found to be indicators of Meehl’s construct of schizotypy and, more general...