Leonard_Zusne

Leonard Zusne

Leonard Zusne

American psychologist

Leonard Zusne (1924–2003) was an American psychologist.

He published articles and books on the history of psychology, magical thinking and visual perception. Zusne worked as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa. A critic of paranormal claims, he was influential in the field of anomalistic psychology.[1]

Publications

  • Visual Perception of Form (1970)[2]
  • Biographical Dictionary of Psychology (1984)
  • Magical Thinking and Parapsychology. In A Skeptic’s Handbook of Parapsychology. Edited by Paul Kurtz. Prometheus Books. pp. 685–700. ISBN 0-87975-300-5
  • Eponyms in Psychology: A Dictionary and Biographical Sourcebook (1987)
  • Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking [with Warren H. Jones] (1989)

References

  1. [1]
    French, Chris; Stone, Anna. (2014). Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-4039-9571-1
  2. [2]
    MacKay, Donald. (1971). Visual Perception of Form. New Scientist. 10 June. p. 648.


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