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245 00 Tall tales about the mind and brain :|bseparating fact 
       from fiction /|cedited by Sergio Della Sala. 
264  1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c2007. 
300    xxxvii, 509 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color) ;|c26 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Errata slip inserted. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction. The myth of 10% and other tall tales about 
       the mind and the brain / Sergio Della Sala and Barry 
       Beyerstein -- [Pt. I.] Where do tall tales about the mind 
       and brain come from? -- 1. Cognitive factors underlying 
       paranormal beliefs and experiences / Christopher C. French
       and Krissy Wilson -- 2. Critically thinking about 
       paranormal belief / Peter Lamont -- 3. The magic in the 
       brain : how conjuring works to deceive our minds / Massimo
       Polidoro -- [Pt. II.] Tall tales on memory and learning --
       4. The legend of the magical number seven / Nelson Cowan, 
       Candice C. Morey and Zhijian Chen -- 5. Setting the record
       (or video camera) straight on memory : the video camera 
       model of memory and other myths / Seema L. Clifasefi, 
       Maryanne Garry and Elizabeth Loftus -- 6. The myth of the 
       incredible eyewitness / Amina Memon and Don Thomson -- 7. 
       We have got the whole child witness thing figured out, or 
       have we? / Rachel Sutherland, Deryn Strange and Maryanne 
       Garry -- [Pt. III.] Tall tales on intelligence -- 8. Is 
       bigger really better? : the search for brain size and 
       intelligence in the twenty-first century / David P. Carey 
       -- 9. Biology and intelligence : the race/IQ controversy /
       Mike Anderson -- 10. The Mozart effect : it's time to face
       the music! / Colin Gray and Sergio Della Sala -- 11. The 
       powers and perils of intuition / David G. Myers -- 12. 
       Creative thinking : the mystery myth / Ken Gilhooly -- 
       [Pt. III.] Tall tales on language and communication -- 13.
       The more, the merrier : facts and beliefs about the 
       bilingual mind / Antonella Sorace -- 14. The merry vibes 
       of Wintzer : the tale of foreign accent syndrome / Nick 
       Miller -- 15. Talking with the dead, communicating with 
       the future and other myths created by cold reading / Ray 
       Hyman -- 16. Graphology : a total write-off / Barry L. 
       Beyerstein -- 17. The truth about deception / Aldert Vrij 
       and Samantha Mann -- [Pt. IV.] Tall tales on the brain -- 
       18. The dual-brain myth / Michael C. Corballis -- 19. The 
       neurology of the weird : brain states and anomalous 
       experience / Barry L. Beyerstein -- 20. The myth of the 
       clonable human brain / Giovanni Berlucchi -- 21. Out on a 
       limb : neglect and confabulation in the study of aplasic 
       phantoms / Peter Brugger and Marion Funk -- 22. Imagery 
       and blindness / Cesare Cornoldi and Rossana DeBeni -- 23. 
       Something wicked this way comes : causes and 
       interpretations of sleep paralysis / Christopher C. French
       and Julia Santomauro -- [Pt. V.] Tall tales on the mind --
       24. The power of the full moon : running on empty? / Eric 
       H. Chudler -- 25. Ouija, dowsing and other seductions of 
       ideomotor action / Ray Hyman -- 26. Inducing out-of-body 
       experiences / Olaf Blanke and Gregor Thut -- 27. Can mind 
       conquer cancer? / Barry L. Beyerstein ... [et al.] -- 28. 
       The elusive search for a 'gay gene' / Fernando Saravi -- 
       29. To sleep, perchance to REM? : the rediscovered role of
       emotion and meaning in dreams / Mark Solms and Oliver 
       Turnbull. 
650  0 Brain|vMiscellanea. 
650  0 Neurosciences|vMiscellanea. 
650  0 Tall tales. 
650 12 Brain. 
650 22 Folklore. 
650 22 Mythology. 
650 22 Neurosciences. 
700 1  Della Sala, Sergio. 
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