Nicholas
April 6th 2007, 07:24 PM
Belief in reincarnation tied to memory errors
Tendency could explain why some cling to implausible reincarnation claims
Updated: 11:53 a.m. CT April 6, 2007
People who believe they have lived past lives as, say, Indian princesses or battlefield commanders are more likely to make certain types of memory errors, according to a new study.
The propensity to make these mistakes could, in part, explain why people cling to implausible reincarnation claims in the first place.
Researchers recruited people who, after undergoing hypnotic therapy, had come to believe that they had past lives.
Subjects were asked to read aloud a list of 40 non-famous names, and then, after a two-hour wait, told that they were going to see a list consisting of three types of names: non-famous names they had already seen (from the earlier list), famous names, and names of non-famous people that they had not previously seen. Their task was to identify which names were famous.
Source and More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17982545/
Certainly an interesting find. Any thoughts?
Tendency could explain why some cling to implausible reincarnation claims
Updated: 11:53 a.m. CT April 6, 2007
People who believe they have lived past lives as, say, Indian princesses or battlefield commanders are more likely to make certain types of memory errors, according to a new study.
The propensity to make these mistakes could, in part, explain why people cling to implausible reincarnation claims in the first place.
Researchers recruited people who, after undergoing hypnotic therapy, had come to believe that they had past lives.
Subjects were asked to read aloud a list of 40 non-famous names, and then, after a two-hour wait, told that they were going to see a list consisting of three types of names: non-famous names they had already seen (from the earlier list), famous names, and names of non-famous people that they had not previously seen. Their task was to identify which names were famous.
Source and More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17982545/
Certainly an interesting find. Any thoughts?