A Questionnaire Survey for the Digital Native Generation on Their Anomalous Experiences and Trust for Other Persons(Research Paper,The 38th Symposium on Life Information Science)

Abstract

: In the 1980s and early 1990s, questionnaire surveys were done in Japan for university students and medical staff members on anomalous (paranormal) experiences, Since the times of these surveys, a new generation has appeared, the so-called "Digital Native Generation" that was bom during the development ofmany forms of information technology. Also they are often called as "Mitori" generation in Japan if they were born from 1987 to 1997 and were by The present study gives the results of a questionnaire survey fbr Japanese university students (133 males, females) of Digita1 Native on anomalous experiences and trust fbr other persons, It was found that the frequencies of anemalous experiences were similar to those ofprevious surveys, and that supported the hypothesis that anomalous experiences are experience-based, not culture-based. The tendency oftrust was larger for the Digital Native generation than the previeus generations. And it was suggested that the belief for 6th sense correlated to other factors such as trust fbr other persons, rather than ESP experiences.