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From the archive: Motivated distortion of personal memory for trauma

From the archives, at the Remembering Trauma Conference held in September 2003, Mark Pendergrast described how people can develop false memories for terrible events

What Colour is Four? The Perception of Synaesthesia in Art and Science

From the archives, Marc Tibber traces the shifting position of an intriguing psychological phenomenon

Cognitive dissonance – the mental gymnastics that help us rationalise our sloppy thinking

From the archives, Lee Traynor looks at how cognitive dissonance important in understanding pseudoscience

Electromagnetic protection: the dodgy devices promising to protect you from EMFs

From the archives, Steve Donnelly discusses the burgeoning field of electromagnetic protection protecting devices

The mosaic of memory: how we constantly rewrite our memories of our past

From the archives, Chris French considers the nature of memory.

A Brief Introduction to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)

A critical analysis of the background of NLP Published in The Skeptic, Volume 16, Issue 3 (2003) Widely claimed to be indispensable for anyone who wishes to communicate better, NLP tempted Martin Parkinson to enter the jargon-jungle and find out more.

Distinguishable from intelligence? Don’t mistake technology with superiority

From the archives, Wendy Grossman disputes Michael Shermer's claim that we are obviously more intelligent than our ancestors

Dopamine and religiosity: keep taking the tablets…

From the archives, Steve Donnelly ponders research linking religiosity and skepticism with varying degrees of dopamine levels in the brain.
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