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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.
A comprehensive and readable discussion of the psychology of pseudoscience. I found Hines's writing to be very readable and accessible. He uses academic vocabulary where appropriate but does not descend into jargon. Average college students and educated lay people should be able to get as much out of this book as professionals and academics. This would be ideal for any course that teaches about critical thinking, pseudoscience, or skepticism. It could also serve as the basis for workshops/seminars at science or skepticism conferences.--Ron Fritze, Athens State University Providing breadth of coverage, clarity of writing style, and appropriate use of humor, this book is an engaging and comprehensive critical review of a wide range of pseudoscientific topics that explores the underlying psychological factors behind paranormal and related beliefs. This is a book that I would strongly recommend to the interested layperson. The need for improved critical thinking among the general population and the ability to distinguish between good quality evidence and both misinformation and disinformation has never been higher. This is evidenced by the popularity of unfounded conspiracy theories, including dangerous claims from the COVID anti-vaccination movement, and the continued popularity of sensationalistic uncritical coverage of a wide range of pseudoscientific claims in the media. This book would prove extremely useful to all who oppose such trends.--Christopher C. French, Goldsmiths, University of London; author of The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal This is an excellent, up-to-date book about pseudoscience and science denial, with an in-depth look at how human psychology promotes these problems. The writing style is serious and scholarly, but still very accessible. With excellent scholarship and thorough knowledge of the background of each topic, this book covers contemporary issues such as the anti-science developments in COVID denial and the explosion of conspiracy thinking.--Donald R. Prothero, Cal Poly Pomona
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