Hauntings, homeopathy, and the Hopkinsville Goblins: Using pseudoscience to teach scientific thinking

With access to information ever increasing, it is essential that students acquire the skills to distinguish fact from fiction. By incorporating examples of pseudoscience into lectures, instructors can provide students with the tools needed to understand the difference between scientific and pseudosc...

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Main Authors: Rodney Michael Schmaltz, Scott O Lilienfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00336/full