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The supernatural and the brain

By Catherine de Lange

2 March 2011

Video: Are you prone to mind control?

WOULD you like to fly around the world in an out-of-body experience, spend the night with your favourite celebrity, or learn how to mind-read? If so, pick up a copy of Richard Wiseman’s Paranormality.

Magician-turned-psychologist Wiseman is well-acquainted with tricks of the mind. Here he reveals the secrets behind unlikely phenomena and how they have led to some fundamental scientific discoveries. What’s more, by knowing the rules, you’ll also learn how to recreate these experiences yourself.

Experiments that investigate the paranormal are bizarre and entertaining, and Wiseman is a witty guide in…

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