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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Hood, Bruce
Title:	Supersense : why we believe in the unbelievable / Bruce M. Hood.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : HarperOne, ©2009.
Description:	xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	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.
Subjects:	Belief and doubt. Supernatural. Psychology and religion. Psychology, Religious.
Other Title:	Super sense
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index.
Contents:	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?
Web Site:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2008015038
ISBN:	9780061452642 0061452645
Other Number:	225088198
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Control Number:	257193
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Call Number:	121.6 Hood

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