Medical explanations of bewitchment
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Medical explanations of bewitchment, especially as exhibited during the Salem witch trials but in other witch-hunts as well, have emerged because it is not widely believed today that symptoms of those claiming affliction were actually caused by bewitchment. The reported symptoms have been explored by a variety of researchers for possible biological and psychological origins.
Modern academic historians of witch-hunts generally consider medical explanations unsatisfactory [citation needed] in explaining the phenomenon and tend to believe the accusers in Salem were motivated by social factors—jealousy, spite, or a need for attention—and that the extreme behaviors exhibited were "counterfeit," as contemporary critics of the trials had suspected.