Alone At Home And Hearing Weird Noises – Why Does It Feel So Creepy?

Do you ever think you’ve seen a ghost and get scared? Wasn’t it the rustling of curtains in the wind? We know it’s totally irrational, but there’s little we can do to stop the fear. Where does the feeling come from? 

It’s a phenomenon that has happened to all of us at least once. But why does it happen? Is there somebody there? Or is our mind playing mean tricks? Parapsychology, the scientific study of the paranormal, examines these questions and tries to answer them on a psychological and neuroscientific basis.

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