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- catalog abstract "Mind Myths shows that science can be entertaining and creative. Addressing various topics, this book counterbalances information derived from the media with a 'scientific view'. It contains contributions from experts around the world.".
- catalog contributor b11160967.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Mind Myths shows that science can be entertaining and creative. Addressing various topics, this book counterbalances information derived from the media with a 'scientific view'. It contains contributions from experts around the world.".
- catalog description "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 -- 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.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 291 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mind myths.".
- catalog identifier "0471983039 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mind myths.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chichester, England ; New York : J. Wiley & Sons,".
- catalog relation "Mind myths.".
- catalog subject "153 21".
- catalog subject "BF161 .M556 1999".
- catalog subject "Brain.".
- catalog subject "Intellect.".
- catalog subject "Mind and body.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- 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.".
- catalog title "Mind myths : exploring popular assumptions about the mind and brain / edited by Sergio Della Sala.".
- catalog type "text".