Barry Beyerstein


Barry L Beyerstein was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Beyersteins research explored brain mechanisms of perception and consciousness, the effects of drugs on the brain and mind, sense of smell and its lesserknown contributions to human cognition and emotion. He was founder and chair of the BC Skeptics Society. A Fellow and member of the Executive Council of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal , now known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Associate editor of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine Journal as well as a contributor to Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. Beyerstein was one of the original faculty of CSICOPs Skeptics Toolbox which is still being held.

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