Magical Thinking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/magical_thinking_in_complementary_and_alternative_medicine/
Date Written:  2001-11-01
Publisher:  Skeptical Inquirer
Year Published:  2001
Pages:  9pp   Resource Type:  Article

Homeopathy and other popular therapies demonstrate ancient and universal principles of magical thinking, which some recent research suggests are fundamental to human cognition, even rooted in neurobiology.

Subject Headings

• Alternative Health Care
• Alternative Medicine
• Complementary Medicine
• Complementary Therapies
• Homeopathic Medicine
• Homeopathic Products
• New Age