{"product_id":"presence-the-strange-science-and-true-stories-of-the-unseen-other","title":"Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePresence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBen Alderson-Day\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250278258\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA psychologist's journey to understand one of the most unusual experiences known to humankind: the universal, disturbing feeling that someone or something is there when we are alone.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese experiences of sensing a \u003ci\u003ePresence\u003c\/i\u003e when no one else is there have been given many names--the Third Man, guardian angels, shadow figures, \"social\" hallucinations--and they have inspired, unsettled, and confounded in equal measure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the contexts in which they occur are diverse, they are united by a distinct and uncanny feeling of visitation by another. But what does this feeling mean, and where does it come from? When and why do presences emerge? And how can we even begin to understand a phenomenon that can be transformative for those who experience it, and yet so hard to put into words? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe answers to these questions lie in this tour-de-force through contemporary psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and philosophy. \u003ci\u003ePresence\u003c\/i\u003e follows Ben Alderson-Day's attempts--as a psychologist and a researcher--to understand how this experience is possible. What is a voice when it isn't heard, and how otherwise do we know or feel that someone is in our presence? Is it a hallucination connected to psychosis, a change in the working of the brain, or something else? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe journey to understand takes us to meet explorers, mediums, and robots, and step through real, imagined, and virtual worlds. \u003ci\u003ePresence\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of who we carry with us, at all times, as parts of ourselves.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other | Ben Alderson-Day | Hardcover | 9781250278258 | Used: Like New | Psychology 1634449","offer_id":48429312311448,"sku":"1634449","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81gRmPN09mL.jpg?v=1773349827","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/presence-the-strange-science-and-true-stories-of-the-unseen-other","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}