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Hoax springs eternal: the psychology of cognitive deception/
"Unlike sleights of hand, which fool the senses, sleights of mind challenge cognition. This book defines and explains cognitive deception and explores six prominent potential historical instances of it: the Cross of King Arthur, Drake's Plate of Brass, the Kensington Runestone, the Vinland...
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Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=taCTBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=hoax+springs+eternal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWmZPZ367XAhWHpo8KHfytC0sQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=hoax%20springs%20eternal&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The tangled web; 2. Case one: the Cross of King Arthur; 3. Case two: Drake's Plate of Brass; 4. The psychology of deception; 5. Case three: the Kensington Runestone; 6. Case four: the Vinland Map; 7. Deciding on deception; 8. Case five: the Piltdown Man; 9. Case six: the Shroud of Turin; 10. Deception redux; 11. Summary: hoax springs eternal.