041: David Robson on expectation effects and our predictive brain
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Paranormal Experiences
The expectation effect is this phenomenon where our beliefs become self fulfilling prophecies through changes to our perception. It's also changing things like the harmonal balance within the body that can then have knock on effects for our health and well being. Yan i think like, say, of your seeing jesus in a slice of toast. Or, you know, people seeing akind of the holy spirit in the flames around notre dame cathedral when it caught fire. I think that is just the predictive process ing kind of shaping what people believe might happen in that kind of situation. And we've really taken it from medical settings to a lot of other areas of life too such as diet or fitness
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