Psychological aspects of the alien contact experience.
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2008 Christopher C French, Julia Santomauro, Victoria Hamilton et al.
Previous research has shown that people reporting contact with aliens, known as "experiencers", appear to have a different psychological profile compared to control participants. They show higher levels of dissociativity, absorption, paranormal belief and experience, and possibly fantasy proneness. They also appear to show greater susceptibility to false memories as assessed using the...