Table 1.
Question items for four categories of paranormal beliefs.
| Category | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reincarnation (Question 7) | Book of the dead | Village of reincarnation | “Out on a limb” | Bardo | Past life regression therapy | Regression hypnosis | Reincarnated lama | Karma | Brain Weiss | Ian Stevenson |
| Astrology (Question 8) | “The wise man is stronger than the stars” *1 | Horoscope | Zodiac | Astrological signs | Cardinal sign | Ecliptic | Ruling planet | Ophiuchus | Jonathan Cainer | Jean Petit |
| UFO (Question 9) | Captured alien photo | Area 51 | Greys | Roswell incident | Majestic 12 | Cattle mutilation | Alien abduction | Crop circle | George Adamski | Joseph Allen Hynek |
| Psi (Question 10) | Psychokinesis | ESP | Psychometry | Pyrokinesis | Thoughtography | Poltergeist | Rapping | Zenar cards | Uri Geller | Derren Brown |
*
1 Phrase attributed to Thomas Aquinas.
The subjects answered the number of items they had a sufficient knowledge to explain to others out of the 10 items listed in the table. The knowledge items asked in these questions were chosen to have global significance, while being relevant to the Japanese populace.