Can science explain why some people claim they can hear the voices of the dead – a trait that leads many of them to careers as clairaudients? That was the purpose of a new study of clairaudients, looking at how they discovered the voices in their head weren’t a psychosis, what childhood personality traits and beliefs they might have had, and how they compare to the non-dead-hearing public. Even if you don’t hear dead people, don’t believe in clairaudients or have never seen the movie, the results are surprising.
“For mental health researchers and others committed to a bio-cultural understanding of religious experience, there is a need for empirical studies capable of shedding light on the interplay between beliefs, personalities, and the occurrence of anomalous sensory experiences. Absorption, a trait linked to one’s tendency to become immersed in experience or thought, may be key for understanding that relationship.”
Study: Spiritualists are more likely to report unusual auditory phenomena early in life
Spiritualist mediums might be more prone to immersive mental activities and unusual auditory experiences early in life, according to new research.
This might explain why some people and not others eventually adopt spiritualist beliefs and engage in the practice of hearing the dead , the study led by Durham University found.
Mediums who hear spirits are said to be experiencing clairaudient communications, rather than clairvoyant ( seeing ) or clairsentient ( feeling or sensing ) communications.
The researchers conducted a survey of 65 clairaudient spiritualist mediums from the Spiritualists National Union and 143 members of the general population in the largest scientific study into the experiences of clairaudient mediums.
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): A study led by Durham University might explain why some people and not others eventually adopt spiritualist beliefs and engage in the practice of "hearing the dead."