Posted: Mar 26, 2010 12:13 pm
Mr.Samsa wrote:Did you have any particular myths or anything specifically you wanted information on, Onkel? The unreliability of the human brain is basically the entire field of psychology and neuroscience...
Ok, I admit, I should have been a bit more specific. I'm mainly interested on anything on autosuggestion and alleged supernatural experiences. I remember one study for instance where test subjects were manipulated into "remembering" a certain event in their childhood, although it never actually happened. They ended up embellishing the story with details and remained convinced it was real. Then there are various studies on what happens in the human brain during religious or out of body experiences. Just anything that questions the reliability of personal experience as evidence.
Mr.Samsa wrote:EDIT: Also, I moved your post here to the "Commentary" thread. The Resources thread is just for links to psych resources - it's much cleaner this way and it makes things easier to find.
I apologize.