Those of you who have seen the low-budget but genuinely scary film, Paranormal Activity, could be forgiven for imagining afterwards that you heard things going bump in the night. Research shows that we are more likely to have such experiences if we are already frightened and ‘primed’ to think about ghosts (Lange and Houran 2001).
Ghostly experiences can be defined as perceptual-like experiences relating to a person or animal that is not physically present. The chances are, if you person-ally have not had a ghostly experience, you will know someone who has. Surveys show that around 10% of the population report ghostly experiences and this frequency has remained constant over time (Sidgwick et al. 1894, West 1990).
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