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Abstract
The neurocognitive processes underlying the formation and maintenance of paranormal beliefs are important for
understanding schizotypal ideation. Behavioral studies indicated that both schizotypal and paranormal ideation are
based on an overreliance on the right hemisphere, whose coarse rather than focussed semantic processing may favor
the emergence of loose and uncommon associations. To elucidate the electrophysiological basis of these
behavioral observations, 35-channel resting EEG was recorded in pre-screened female strong believers and
disbelievers during resting baseline. EEG data were subjected to FFT-Dipole-Approximation analysis, a reference-free
frequency-domain dipole source modeling, and Regional hemispheric. Omega Complexity analysis, a linear ap-
proach estimating the complexity of the trajectories of momentary EEG map series in state space. Compared to
disbelievers, believers showed: more right-located sources of the 2 band 18.521 Hz, excitatory activity.; reduced
interhemispheric differences in Omega complexity values; higher scores on the Magical Ideation scale; more general
negative affect; and more hypnagogic-like reveries after a 4-min eyes-closed resting period. Thus, subjects differing in
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their declared paranormal belief displayed different active, cerebral neural populations during resting, task-free
conditions. As hypothesized, believers showed relatively higher right hemispheric activation and reduced hemispheric
asymmetry of functional complexity. These markers may constitute the neurophysiological basis for paranormal and
schizotypal ideation. 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Schizotypy; Paranormal belief; Interhemispheric differences; EEG frequency analysis; Source localization; Omega
complexity; Brain functional states
Green et al., 1994; Bruder et al., 1999; Kwon et The items had to be scored on a 4-point scale.
al., 1999., several behavioral studies investigated The total score can range from 0 to 18, denoting
hemispheric functioning in psychosis-prone sub- strong skepticism and strong belief in paranormal
jects and subjects differing in their paranormal phenomena, respectively. Similar items are in-
belief, yielding, however, discrepant results. While cluded in other schizotypy scales e.g. Eckblad
some studies reported increased left Overby, and Chapman, 1983; Claridge and Broks, 1984;
1992. or decreased right Jutai, 1989. hemispheric Gruzelier et al., 1995; for review, see Kwapil et
performance in subjects with schizotypal or para- al., 1999..
normal ideation, the majority of them found in- The subjects were additionally asked about their
creased right hemispheric performance in both willingness to participate in an experiment assess-
verbal Broks, 1984; Rawlings and Claridge, 1984; ing neuropsychological and electrophysiological
Brugger et al., 1993a; Poreh et al., 1993, 1994; correlates of belief in extrasensory perception.
Kravetz et al., 1998; Leonhard and Brugger, 1998., The 117 students 91 women. willing to partici-
visual Brugger et al., 1993b; Luh and Gooding, pate in the later experiment returned the ques-
1999. and spatial-exploratory tasks Brugger and tionnaire mean paranormal belief score: 10.6,
Graves, 1997a.. Most telling, perhaps, is the di- S.D.s 5.2.. Because of the strong prevalence of
rect association between the degree of disordered women in our pre-screened sample and because
thought and paranormal ideation and indices of gender is a confounding variable in laterality and
functional hemispheric asymmetry found both in schizotypy research Beaton, 1985; Gruzelier and
patient populations Bracha et al., 1993; Harvey Doig, 1996., only female subjects were considered
et al., 1993. and in healthy individuals Brugger for this study.
and Graves, 1997a; Chapman and Chapman, From the original sample of 91 pre-screened
1987a; Mohr et al., in press.. women, those subjects scoring either in the upper
To extend these behavioral findings, the pres- 33% believers, n s 19; range of paranormal belief
ent study was designated to investigate the rela- score: 1418. or in the lower 33% disbelievers,
tionships between patterns of brain activity dur- n s 18; range: 08. were invited for the EEG
ing resting, task-free periods and belief in the experiment Fig. 1.. All subjects were right-handed
paranormal, assumed to be an important manifes- Chapman and Chapman, 1987b., were native
tation of schizotypal ideation. In light of the liter- German or Swiss-German speakers, and had no
ature reviewed above, the present study tested personal or familial history of neurological or
the hypothesis that subjects with strong belief in psychiatric disorders. Six subjects two believers,
paranormal phenomena, compared to those with four disbelievers. were excluded prior to the final
skeptical attitudes, would show higher right hemi- analysis because of insufficient numbers of arti-
spheric activation andror patterns of reduced fact-free epochs see below.. Believers n s 17;
functional asymmetry. paranormal belief score ) 69th percentile. and
disbelievers n s 14; paranormal belief score
- 27th percentile. entering the EEG analysis did
2. Methods not significantly differ in regard to age, educatio-
nal level and handedness score Chapman and
2.1. Subjects Chapman, 1987b., as listed in Table 1.
The study was approved by the Hospitals Ethics
Subjects were recruited among a sample of 352 Committee. Subjects gave informed, written con-
undergraduate psychology students at the Univer- sent and were paid CHF 40 approx. $30. for their
sity of Zurich who filled in a six-item question- participation.
naire assessing belief in and experience of para-
normal phenomena Mischo et al., 1993; Schienle 2.2. Procedure
et al., 1996; Pizzagalli et al., in press; see Ap-
pendix A. during introductory psychology courses. After arrival at the laboratory, subjects com-
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Fig. 1. Histogram of paranormal belief scores Mischo et al., 1993. in the entire female sample n s 91.. The scores of believers
dark bars; n s 17, paranormal belief score ) 69th percentile. and disbelievers open bars; n s 14, paranormal belief score - 27th
percentile. in paranormal phenomena as well as the scores for all other subjects in the original sample not participating in the EEG
experiment gray bars; n s 60. are shown.
pleted the Magical Ideation MI. Scale Eckblad form, subjects indicate how they feel in general.
and Chapman, 1983. and the trait form of the The PANAS scale was administered because it is
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule PANAS; known that affective dimensions of personality
Watson et al., 1988. during EEG electrode place- influence patterns of brain asymmetry Tomarken
ment. The MI Scale is a 30-item scale asking et al., 1992; Pizzagalli et al., 1999, 2000., and thus
about hallucination-like experiences and delu- may represent a confounding variable in laterality
sion-like beliefs. The scale has good reliability research.
and validity in assessing schizotypy or psychosis- Thirty-five electrodes covering the entire scalp
proneness in the normal population Lenzen- homogeneously were placed according to the
weger, 1994.. The PANAS scale contains 20 emo- 10r10 international system Fp1r2, Fpz, AF3r4,
tion descriptors, 10 assessing positive affect PA; F7r8, F3r4, Fz, FC5r6, FC1r2, T7r8, C3r4, Cz,
e.g. enthusiastic, inspired., and 10 assessing nega- CP5r6, CP1r2, P7r8, P3r4, Pz, PO3r4, O1r2,
tive affect NA; e.g. afraid, distressed.. In the trait Oz, O9rO10.. Electrodes at the outer left and
Table 1
Demographic and self-report data mean and S.D.. for believers n s 17. and disbelievers n s 14. in paranormal phenomena
into a sinecosine diagram. Using a Hamming along the principal axes. The K= K covariance
window Lehmann and Michel, 1990.. Assuming matrix between the signals recorded from the K
single-phase generator processes, these entry electrodes is computed, and its eigenvectors and
points were projected onto the first principal eigenvalues evaluated. The eigenvectors repre-
component of the data cloud and their distances sent the directions of principal axes in the state-
along the first principal component were read out space i.e. the topography., whereas the eigenval-
in microvolt, forming a potential distribution map. ues represent the proportional contribution of a
With the use of a permutation procedure for the respective component to the total variance.
polarities of all available maps for each subject, a Omega is then computed using the formula
mean map with minimal variance was computed Wackermann, 1996.:
for each subject. This mean map was then sub-
jected to three-dimensional equivalent dipole K
source modeling using a three-shell model step
2.. From this step, four variables were extracted:
s exp y i logi
is1
5
the model sources location coordinates along the
anterior-posterior, leftright, and superiorinfe- where Ks numbers of channels, and i s i-th
rior brain axes, and its strength Global Field eigenvalue of the matrix divided by the sum of all
Power; Lehmann and Skrandies, 1980; in micro- eigenvalues normalized i-th eigenvalue.. Thus,
volts, i.e. square root of power.. The model source Omega attains values from 1 maximal synchro-
locations represent distances in millimeters from nization of the signals at different locations. to K
the origin of the spherical head model 10% maximal de-synchronization, i.e. no correlation,
above zero of the 10r20 system; radius of the of the signals at different locations.. In other
model: 78 mm.. Because prior factor analysis words, higher Omega complexity indicates less
research demonstrated the existence of indepen- synchronization between spatially distributed
dent EEG frequency bands e.g. Kubicki et al., processes or the presence of a higher number of
1979., coordinates of the source locations and simultaneously active processes. wNote that log
their strength were averaged over frequency Omega corresponds to the entropy of the spec-
points for: 1.56 Hz., 6.58 Hz., 1 8.510 trum of eigenvalues of the covariance matrix
Hz., 2 10.512 Hz., 1 12.518 Hz., 2 Szelenberger et al., 1996x. Changes in Omega
18.521 Hz., and 3 21.530 Hz.. On the func- complexity were studied across the sleep-wakeful-
tional level, activity is reportedly associated ness cycle, as a function of pharmacological and
with inhibitory patterns, and activity with sensorimotor stimulation as well as in relation to
normal resting and routine function patterns, and brain maturation and during different emotional
activity with excitatory patterns. states for review, see Wackermann, 1999..
b. Regional Omega Complexity Wackermann, Applied to our data, the analysis proceeded as
1996, 1999. is a global, voltage- and frequency-in- follows: the 35-channel EEG was first zero-
dependent, single-value measure of the complex- centered in time temporal DC offset removal.
ity of multichannel EEG data assessing the de- and space spatial DC offset removal.. For all
gree of synchronization between spatially dis- artifact-free epochs, Omega complexity was eval-
tributed processes. Given K electrodes, the mul- uated separately for electrode arrays over the left
tichannel EEG data can be viewed as a series of Fp1, AF3, F7, F3, FC5, FC1, T7, C3, CP5, CP1,
momentary maps whose trajectories can be repre- P7, P3, PO3, O1, O9. and right hemisphere Fp2,
sented over time in a K-dimensional state space. AF4, F8, F4, FC6, FC2, T8, C4, CP6, CP2, P8, P4,
Omega complexity assesses the shape of the tra- PO4, O2, O10.. The 15 = 15 covariance matrices
jectory data cloud. in the state space. The for all possible electrode pairs over a given hemi-
method decomposes the data into spatial princi- sphere were computed, and their eigenvectors
pal components: the shape of the trajectory its and eigenvalues were obtained, using Jacobis di-
complexity. is assessed by means of its extension agonalization method. For every subject, the mean
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Omega complexity value for the left and right t 29 s 2.21, Ps 0.035; Table 1.. The point-biserial
hemisphere was computed and used for further correlation between the group assignment be-
analysis. lievers vs. disbelievers. and the MI scores rpb s
0.83, t 29 s 8.02, P- 0.0001., ASC scores rpb s
0.65, t 29 s 4.57, P- 0.0001., and PANAS NA
2.4. Statistics scores rpb s 0.38, t 29 s 2.21, P- 0.035. were sig-
nificant. Thus, the group designation explained
For the FFT-Dipole-Approximation analysis, a ; 69, 42 and 14% of the variance of the later
global vector analysis was used to test for differ- assessed MI, ASC and PANAS NA scores.
ences between believers and disbelievers. The
analysis consisted of four steps Kondakor et al.,
1997; Pizzagalli et al., 1999, 2000.. First, the mean 3.2. FFT-dipole-approximation analysis
source location for every frequency band was
computed for believers and disbelievers sepa-
rately. Second, the three-dimensional difference From a descriptive perspective Fig. 2., believ-
vector separating these mean locations was com- ers had more anteriorly located sources for , 2,
puted. Third, the source for every single subject 2 and 3; more posteriorly located sources for
was projected to the difference vector. Finally, , 1 and 1; more left located sources for all
differences in projections between believers and bands except 2 and 3; and more inferior
disbelievers were tested by a two-sample t-test. In sources for all bands. We note that the general
cases of significant results in the global analysis, geometry of the different band sources was re-
post-hoc t-tests assessed on which brain axis the markably similar to that reported in previous
groups differed. studies of eyes-closed EEG during various condi-
Additionally, possible group differences in the tions Michel et al., 1992; Lehmann et al., 1993;
model source strengths were tested for every in- Pizzagalli et al., 1999.. In all of these studies,
dependent EEG band using two-sample t-tests. and sources were the most anterior and infe-
For the regional Omega complexity analysis, a rior, sources were the most posterior and supe-
two-way analysis of variance ANOVA. with rior, and sources were intermediate for both
Group believers vs. disbelievers. as between-sub- the anteriorposterior and superiorinferior
ject factor, and Side left vs. right hemisphere. as brain axes.
repeated measure was performed. The global vector analysis Table 2. revealed
Two-tailed P-values are reported, throughout. significant differences between believers and dis-
Standard deviations are reported as measures of believers only in 2 t 29 s 2.30, Ps 0.029. and 3
dispersion. t 29 s 2.60, Ps 0.015.. For 2, post-hoc tests
showed that the effect was due to different source
locations along the leftright brain axis t 29 s 2.05,
Ps 0.049.: for believers, the 2 source was lo-
3. Results cated slightly to the right of the midline, whereas
for disbelievers, it was located to the left of the
3.1. Self-report measurements midline Fig. 2B.. For 3, however, the post-hoc
tests failed to reveal any significant results be-
lievers showed only trends for more anterior and
In addition to their differential beliefs in para- inferior 3 sources..
normal phenomena, the two pre-selected subject Analyses of model source strength revealed
groups also differed in their MI scores t 29 s 8.06, only statistical trends for 2 and 3. In both
P- 10y8 ., ASC scores t 29 s 4.58, P- 10y5 ., and cases, disbelievers displayed higher GFP values
NA scores, as assessed with the PANAS scale in microvolts: 2: 19.77" 11.51 vs. 13.31" 9.41;
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Fig. 2. Mean locations of the model sources for believers black squares; n s 17. and disbelievers open circles; n s 14. in
paranormal phenomena for the seven independent frequency bands : 1.56 Hz, : 6.58 Hz, 1: 8.510 Hz, 2: 10.512 Hz, 1:
12.518 Hz, 2: 18.521 Hz, and 3: 21.530 Hz.. A. Head seen from the left, showing the anterior ANT..-posterior and
superior-inferior axes; B. head seen from above, showing the leftright and anteriorposterior axes. Origin of coordinate system is
near head center tickmarks at 5-mm distances..
t 29 s 1.72, Ps 0.096; 3: 2.33" 0.67 vs. 1.95" eight of 17 believers w47.05%; binomial probabil-
0.58; t 29 s 1.70, Ps 0.10.. ity P 8r17. ) 0.15x had higher Omega complexity
values for the left hemisphere 2 s 3.21, d.f.s 1,
3.3. Regional Omega complexity analysis Ps 0.072..
Table 2
Mean locations across subjects and S.D.. of the EEG model sources for believers n s 17. and disbelievers n s 14. in the seven
independent frequency bands in mm from origin of coordinate system near head center, see Section 2.3a
Taken together, the results suggest that sub- jects proclivity to generate andror accept beliefs
jects differing in paranormal belief displayed dif- in paranormal phenomena. Adopting a three-
ferent active, cerebral neural populations during dimensional EEG source modeling analysis
resting conditions. Particularly, believers com- procedure, we demonstrated that female partici-
pared to disbelievers showed relatively higher pants reporting experiences with and belief in
right hemispheric activation and reduced hemi- paranormal phenomena showed different intra-
spheric asymmetry of functional complexity. cerebral model sources compared to disbelievers
during resting periods. Source modeling is refer-
ence-free and thus allows interpretations in terms
of spatial distribution of brain activity. Intracere-
4. Discussion
bral sources describe the three-dimensional cen-
ter of gravity of all momentarily active neural
The present study was designed to investigate assemblies. Because different center of gravity
putative electrophysiological correlates of sub- locations are indicative of different geometry of
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factor in schizotypy Gruzelier and Doig, 1996., search because it may help identify subtle neu-
future research is needed to extend the present rocognitive peculiarities prior to a potential exac-
findings to male subjects. Second, the study is erbation. More generally, the present results
correlational in its nature. Thus, the causal rela- should be interpreted as an attempt to better
tionships between paranormal belief and EEG understand the neurophysiological correlates of
parameters cannot be assessed. subtle differences in how people evaluate and
Summarizing, the present study demonstrated conceptualize the functioning of the world. De-
that subjects differing in their declared belief in monstrating neurophysiological substrates of
and experience with paranormal phenomena as belief in paranormal phenomena does not auto-
well as in their schizotypal ideation, as de- matically demean the contents of these personal
termined by a standardized instrument, displayed beliefs. Thus, the possibility of abnormal pheno-
differential brain electric activity during resting mena is neither confirmed nor disconfirmed by
periods. Believers in the paranormal were charac- demonstrations of brain correlates of belief in the
terized by a relatively increased right hemispheric paranormal see Saver and Rabin, 1997 for a
activation and by a reduced hemispheric asymme- similar conceptualization..
try of functional complexity. These results furnish
direct electrophysiological support for a neu-
ropsychologically oriented model of schizotypal Acknowledgements
and paranormal ideation, where a link between
overactivation of the right hemisphere and
This study was supported by the Institut fur
schizotypalrparanormal ideation is emphasized Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene,
Leonhard and Brugger, 1998; Pizzagalli et al., in Freiburg i. Br., Germany Grants n67 13 10 to
press.. Demonstration of specific patterns of PB, DP and DL and n67 08 06 to DL.. The
hemispheric organization in putatively psychosis- authors wish to thank five anonymous reviewers
prone subjects is important for psychiatric re- for constructive comments.
Appendix A
Six-item questionnaire assessing belief in and experience of paranormal phenomena translated from Mischo et al., 1993.
Definitively Definitively
true false
a
Reversed scoring.
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