Stories
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Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism
Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.
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Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
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Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
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Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard
The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.
Catalogue
- Books
Experimental psychical research / Robert H. Thouless.
Thouless, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1894-1984.Date: [1963]- Books
Essays in psychical research / William James.
James, William, 1842-1910.Date: 1986- Books
Studies in psychical research / Frank Podmore.
Podmore, Frank, 1856-1910Date: 1897- Books
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Studies in psychical research / by Frank Podmore.
Podmore, Frank, 1856-1910.Date: 1897- Books
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Borderland of psychical research / by James H. Hyslop.
Hyslop James H. (James Hervey), 1854-1920.Date: 1906