Sensing ghosts and other dangerous beings : uncertainty, sensory deprivation, and the feeling of presence

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00140228" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00140228 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2305460" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2305460</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2305460" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2024.2305460</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Sensing ghosts and other dangerous beings : uncertainty, sensory deprivation, and the feeling of presence

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 the information that another person may enter the room. Grounded in the predictive processing framework, we hypothesized that FoP would occur and increase with participants’ uncertainty (due to insufficient exteroceptive data input) and with experimental manipulation of prior expectations connected to the presence of other agents. We sampled 126 participants and recorded their experiences during a 30-minute-long sensory deprivation period using questionnaires, physiological signals, and semi-structured interviews. We observed that while uncertainty was positively associated with FoP, experimental priming showed no clear associations, and the associations with psychological dispositions were mixed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Sensing ghosts and other dangerous beings : uncertainty, sensory deprivation, and the feeling of presence

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 the information that another person may enter the room. Grounded in the predictive processing framework, we hypothesized that FoP would occur and increase with participants’ uncertainty (due to insufficient exteroceptive data input) and with experimental manipulation of prior expectations connected to the presence of other agents. We sampled 126 participants and recorded their experiences during a 30-minute-long sensory deprivation period using questionnaires, physiological signals, and semi-structured interviews. We observed that while uncertainty was positively associated with FoP, experimental priming showed no clear associations, and the associations with psychological dispositions were mixed.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF19_073%2F0016943" target="_blank" >EF19_073/0016943: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

RELIGION BRAIN & BEHAVIOR

ISSN

2153-599X

e-ISSN

2153-5981

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

128-143

Kód UT WoS článku

001167148800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85186232051