Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the EvidenceExamines the evidence behind many types of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims and explains, through an analysis of the psychology of belief, why people continue to believe in the reality of the supernatural. |
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Page 70
... patient would suggest the rational conclusion that the patient was anoxic or drugged , not that the patient had visited the threshold of the afterlife . When recovered , patients sometimes report comments and bits of conversation that ...
... patient would suggest the rational conclusion that the patient was anoxic or drugged , not that the patient had visited the threshold of the afterlife . When recovered , patients sometimes report comments and bits of conversation that ...
Page 257
... patients were given either a placebo or high doses of vitamin C. Neither the patients nor the physicians who evaluated their disease knew whether an individual was receiving vitamin C or a placebo . The results showed that vitamin C had ...
... patients were given either a placebo or high doses of vitamin C. Neither the patients nor the physicians who evaluated their disease knew whether an individual was receiving vitamin C or a placebo . The results showed that vitamin C had ...
Page 272
... patients with different attitudes toward their disease , described above . This sort of finding has encouraged some researchers to see whether changing a patient's attitude about his disease and future can have a beneficial effect on ...
... patients with different attitudes toward their disease , described above . This sort of finding has encouraged some researchers to see whether changing a patient's attitude about his disease and future can have a beneficial effect on ...
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