Anyone interested in the neuroscience behind 'manifesting'? I'm a psychiatry doctor and neuroscience PhD and I wanna help bridge the gap for skeptics.

Dr James Doty's book Mind Magic did a great job of this for me—I guess because it speaks my language. Just wondering how people on here view the techniques talked about on here, what kind of worldview they fit in to?

Do you just want something so much you don't care how it works and if people think it's nonsense? You're willing to try anything?

Or is there an underlying belief system—like I've heard people say it in more spiritual frameworks like the Universe or God is listening or whatever.

Really interested to know about this because I think belief is fascinating and just such an effective tool that I'm sad a lot of people don't have, but I totally get why.

Thanks!