Understanding Ouija Boards and the Brain

What is the main focus of the Blinkist app?

• Providing full-length novels.

• Condensing nonfiction books into short summaries.

• Offering live lectures.

• Streaming music.

How do humans typically learn about cause and effect?

• By reading books.

• By watching others.

• Through trial and error.

• Through associations.

What is the main reason the planchette moves on a Ouija board?

• Magnetic forces.

• Wind currents.

• The ideomotor effect.

• A ghost is moving it.

What is the ideomotor effect?

• A type of optical illusion.

• A supernatural phenomenon.

• An involuntary muscle movement.

• A conscious decision to move.

Which brain region is responsible for motor behaviors and reward-based learning?

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

• Caudate nucleus

• Cerebellum

What role does the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex play in understanding causation?

• It creates illusions.

• It assigns causation.

• It processes visual information.

• It controls emotions.

What is the main job of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?

• To regulate emotions.

• To process sensory information.

• To determine causation.

• To control voluntary movements.

What is a person with an internal locus of control likely to believe?

• Supernatural forces influence their life.

• Their outcomes are determined by fate.

• Luck plays a major role in their life.

• Their actions are responsible for their outcomes.

In the 2018 study, what did more skeptical Ouija board players believe?

• The planchette was moved by a spirit.

• The planchette was moved by the other player or themselves.

• The planchette was controlled by a hidden mechanism.

• The planchette moved due to magnetic forces.

What is the relationship between locus of control and belief in supernatural causes?

• No relationship exists.

• Both loci of control lead to disbelief in supernatural causes.

• Internal locus of control leads to belief in supernatural causes.

• External locus of control leads to belief in supernatural causes.