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Ipso Factoid: SUNDAY EXPRESS MORE DEADLY THAN VACCINE
The UK media was feeling pretty smug last week, due to the fact they single-handedly averted the cervical-cancer-vaccine-Armageddon. The tragic death of Natalie Morton...
Ipso Factoid: Milking it?
The Daily Mail has reported on the stress busting properties of milk. It seems a protein in milk known as Lactium could be the...
When nightmares intrude into waking life
The Skeptic's Lead Editor, Chris French, has co-authored a paper on sleep paralysis with Julia Santomauro, published in Issue 22 (August 2009) of The...
Is a Grey heavier than a Green? Memory, suggestibility, and abductee interviews
From the archives, Stephen Moston takes a look at the relationship between asking a question and reaching a conclusion, especially when it comes to UFO abductees
Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain
From the archives, Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences
Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain
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Published in The Skeptic, Volume 21, Issue 2 (2008)
Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences
From the archive: Psychoanalysing God – Sigmund Freud on Religion
From the archives in 2006, Ian Fairholm discusses Freud, neuroticism and religion
From the archive:Â Motivated distortion of personal memory for trauma
From the archives, at the Remembering Trauma Conference held in September 2003, Mark Pendergrast described how people can develop false memories for terrible events