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" Supersense : "
Bruce M. Hood.
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BL
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962357
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b716727
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| Main Entry
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Hood, Bruce M., (Bruce MacFarlane)
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| Title & Author
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Supersense : : why we believe in the unbelievable /\ Bruce M. Hood.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperOne,, ©2009.
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xvii, 302 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061452645
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: 9780061452642
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index.
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| Contents
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What secret do John McEnroe and David Beckham share? -- Could you wear a killer's cardigan? -- Who created creationism? -- Blooming, buzzing babies -- Mind reading 101 -- Freak accidents -- Would you willingly receive a heart transplant from a murderer? -- Why do traveling salesmen sleep with teddy bears? -- The biology of belief -- Would you let your wife sleep with Robert Redford?
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| Abstract
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A neuroscientist identifies a high prevalence of belief in supernatural phenomena and superstition while explaining why people are innately subject to such beliefs, in an account that explores why superstitions promote societal bonding.
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Belief and doubt.
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Psychology and religion.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Supernatural.
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Belief and doubt.
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Psychology and religion.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Supernatural.
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| Dewey Classification
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153.4
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| LC Classification
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BF773.H66 2009
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| NLM classification
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B84-05clc
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| Parallel Title
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Super sense
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