| Description |
xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. 1. Brain Mythology. Ch. 1. Whence Cometh the Myth that We Only Use 10% of our Brains? / Barry L. Beyerstein. Ch. 2. Are We in our Right Minds? / Michael C. Corballis. Ch. 3. Energy and the Brain: Facts and Fantasies / Fernando D. Saravi. Ch. 4. Pseudoscience and the Brain: Tuners and Tonics for Aspiring Superhumans / Barry L. Beyerstein -- Sect. 2. The Twilight Zone Between Life and Death. Ch. 5. Near-Death Experiences and Ecstasy: a Product of the Organization of the Human Brain / Michael Persinger. Ch. 6. Lazarus' Syndrome / Ennio De Renzi -- Sect. 3. Myths About Memory and Creative Thinking. Ch. 7. Lie Down and Let Me Tell You About Your Childhood / Maryanne Garry, Susan Frame and Elizabeth F. Loftus. Ch. 8. Repetita (non) luvant / Robert H. Logie and Sergio Della Sala. Ch. 9. Creative Thinking: Myths and Misconceptions / Ken J. Gilhooly -- Sect. 4. Controversial Issues: Clones, Ageing and Hypnosis. Ch. 10. The Myth of the Clonable Human Brain / Giovanni Berlucchi |
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Ch. 11. When Age is In, the Wit is Out? / Pat Rabbitt. Ch. 12. Hypnosis / Graham F. Wagstaff -- Sect. 5. The Multifarious Aspects of Deception. Ch. 13. I Shall Please: the Mysterious Power of Placebos / Edzard Ernst and Neil C. Abbot. Ch. 14. The Magicians' Best-kept Secrets / James Randi. Ch. 15. It's All in the Mind: On the Mechanisms of Deception in Psychic Fraud / Massimo Polidoro. Ch. 16. Recent Advances in Moving Backwards / Katharine M. Leafhead and Michael D. Kopelman -- Sect. 6. Media Watch. Ch. 17. The Media and the Brain / Toby Howard and Steve Donnelly |
| Notes |
Copyright 1999, reprinted 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Brain.
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Intellect.
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Mind and body.
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| Author |
Della Sala, Sergio, editor
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| LC no. |
98038574 |
| ISBN |
0471983039 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780471983033 |
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