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the cognitive neuroscience of ghosts

  • Caspar Addyman

Caspar Addyman

11 Jan 2007
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You may have laughed at my cognitive neuropsychology of zombies. At least I hope you did because that was the main intention of it. But it seems that ghosts and hauntings are taken more seriously by psychologists. But I have just been updating my google calendar of Cognitive Science Talks in London and I found this interesting event:

Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Seminar

See you there!

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