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Psychology and Science of Pseudoscience
This book provides a comprehensive review of numerous areas of pseudoscience and related pathological science. It not...
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This book provides a comprehensive review of numerous areas of pseudoscience and related pathological science. It not only describes the factual bases for rejecting pseudoscientific claims, but also emphasizes the psychological processes that lead to the acceptance of such claims. This book is timely, given the increase in misinformation over the past decade.
Using three principles of cognitive psychology, this book helps explain why people are hard-wired to accept and continue to believe in pseudoscientific claims. It provides up-to-date discussions of numerous paranormal and pseudoscientific topics, including the usual suspects-UFOs and alien abductions, astrology, cryptozoology, and more-but also belief in conspiracy theories, laboratory parapsychology, bogus forensic science techniques, the pseudopsychologies of Freud, medical fraud, and the unethical practices of Big Pharma. Older research that was foundational in the critical examination of several topics is woven throughout to situate them in a historical context.
Author: Terence Hines
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 03/12/2025
Pages: 434
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781538194669
Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2026
About the Author
Terence Hines has been professor of Psychology at Pace University since 1981 and is adjunct professor of Neurology at New York Medical College. After graduate school he had a one-year post-doctorate position at the Boston Veteran's Administration studying the cognitive effects of normal aging. Following that he moved to the Neurology Department of the Cornell University Medical School for two years, doing research on split brain individuals and Parkinson's disease. His major research interests include bilingual memory, representation of number in memory, and the causes of belief in things paranormal.
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