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Presence
The Strange Science of the Unseen Other
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A psychologist sets out to understand the uncanny phenomenon of felt presence. We all know the feeling: you're alone but it's like there's someone there with you, a mysterious presence lurking just out of sight. Throughout history, this experience has been the subject of religious and...
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This book charts a psychologist's journey to understand one of the most unusual experiences known to humankind: the feeling that someone or something is there when we are alone. A tour-de-force through contemporary psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and philosophy, Presence is the story of who we carry with us, at all times, as parts of ourselves
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Description
A psychologist sets out to understand the uncanny phenomenon of felt presence.
We all know the feeling: you're alone but it's like there's someone there with you, a mysterious presence lurking just out of sight. Throughout history, this experience has been the subject of religious and supernatural speculation. But does science have the answer?
In Presence, psychologist Ben Alderson-Day digs into historical accounts and contemporary cases of 'felt presence', hunting for the key to unlock this strange phenomenon. He interviews ultrarunners and ocean rowers, who often report the sensation of being accompanied on their journeys, and examines the latest work on sleep paralysis, dementia, and Parkinson's. These conditions are closely associated with feeling the presence of someone or something that isn't there.
His findings, built on cutting-edge research from psychology and neuroscience, provide remarkable new insights into this longstanding mystery of the human mind.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526184948
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Illustration: 5 black & white illustrations
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 630g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Ben Alderson-Day is a Professor of Psychology and the Co-Director of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University. He is the co-founder of the Early Career Hallucinations Research group and the Scientific Chair of the International Consortium on Hallucinations Research. A specialist in atypical cognition and mental health, his work spans cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy and child development. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with his wife and two daughters.
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