psychology and neurology of belief superstition and mystical experiences

[SWM]

A great deal of recent research is focused on identifying the psychological and neurological underpinnings of belief and superstition.  In the first video below, Bruce Hood, experimental psychologist at Bristol University and author of SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable, answers questions concerning how people become superstitious and what motivates their ongoing beliefs.  In the second video, Ken Livingston, professor of psychology at Vassar College, discusses recent research on the neurological infrastructure of spiritual experiences.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tw4qKBHxjk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO_C9lg4zOE[/youtube]

[DarkPoet]

Excellent videos thanks for posting these

[liza123]

Thanks for the videos. There are some people who  use magic charms etc and people go to them because they 'work'. Do you think that they use 'remote influencing'? Is that why it works at times?