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Unit 12 - Mind over matter

Oliver Sachs is a British neurologist who has written seven books on the relationship between mind and body. His book Awakenings, about a group of encephalitis patients, inspired a play by Harold Pinter and was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams in 1990.

Parapsychology is the study of things not normally covered by psychology such as telepathy (sending and receiving thoughts/ideas using your mind only). When the writer Arthur Koestler died he left a bequest for the establishment of a parapsychology unit at a British university. Eventually the Koestler Parapsychology Unit was set up at Edinburgh University. Visit the site to try some of their on-line tests.