Susan Clancy publishes 'Abducted'

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Harvard psychologist Susan Clancy published Abducted with Harvard University Press, based on her interviews with people who believed aliens had taken them. She argued that sleep paralysis, cultural ideas and memories shaped under hypnosis can explain how such beliefs form.

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  1. Press'Abducted': The Myth of Alien Kidnappings (opens in a new tab)NPR (Day to Day) / 2005-11-09
  2. PressAbducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens (review) (opens in a new tab)Publishers Weekly / 2005-08-15

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