Supersense : why we believe in the unbelievable /

Hood, Bruce

Supersense : why we believe in the unbelievable / Super sense Bruce M. Hood. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2009. - xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-288) and index.

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?

9780061452642 0061452645

2008015038


Belief and doubt.
Supernatural.
Psychology and religion.
Psychology, Religious.

BF773 / .H66 2009