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Electronic Edition of Shadow of a Doubt 
National Capital Area Skeptics
March, 2003

The National Capital Area Skeptics and 
the University of Maryland Honors Program present

   The Psychology of "Psychic" Readings
   Theory, Practice and Showbiz of Talking to the Dead

   RAY HYMAN, Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon

   9:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday, March 1, 2003

   Computer Science Instructional Center,
   University of Maryland, College Park
   (Near Route 1 entrance to UM campus)

TV mediums and best-selling authors claim to talk to the spirits of 
the dead. How do they do it? Is it some special power? 

In this all day workshop, Prof. Hyman will teach you the very non-psychic 
techniques used by mediums, palm readers, and others who claim these 
special "gifts." You'll learn the ten secrets of "cold reading"-we only 
ask that you use your newfound powers for good!

Ray Hyman is considered the leading constructive critic of academic 
parapsychology research. A longtime professor of psychology (now 
emeritus) at the University of Oregon, Hyman has taught about the 
psychology of belief and self-deception and conducted painstaking 
critical analyses of published parapsychology experiments. 

An amateur magician, he has critiqued experiments with prominent 
psychics and other psychic claimants conducted by private scientific 
and government organizations. Despite intense controversies, he has 
managed to maintain the respect of both parapsychologists and fellow 
skeptics. As a well-informed outside critic, he is often credited with 
helping raise the quality of parapsychological research. He has cautioned 
skeptics on the need to become better informed about the research they 
criticize.

Dr. Hyman's books include Water Witching USA (with Evon Vogt), and The 
Elusive Quarry: A Scientific Appraisal of Psychical Research.


Who should attend: 
Anyone interested in the psychological and physical methods used by those 
who pretend to have psychic or mediumistic abilities.

Early Registration: Postmarked by Feb 18:
     University of Maryland students: $20, 
     NCAS members: $30, general public: $40.
Includes all materials and light lunch.
After February 18, please add $10 per registration.

Optional post-workshop buffet dinner: $30 (please include payment 
with registration)

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Mail to: March workshop
         NCAS
         PO Box 8428
         Silver Spring, MD 20907
(Remember to get your registration in before February 18th and 
save $10/person)

Further information on the NCAS website: www.ncas.org