KERA's Think

Plenty of people hear voices nobody else can hear


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Have you ever felt like another being was near you even when you were completely alone? Ben Alderson-Day is an associate professor of psychology and a fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing at Durham University. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the psychology and neuroscience of feeling watched or hearing voices as he tries to unravel a phenomenon felt by people the world over. His book is “Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other.”
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