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About our authors Scott O. Lilienfeld (1960 to 2020) received his BA in psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1986 to 1987. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990 to 1994 and, at the time of his death, was the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia. He was a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. More recently, he received the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science for outstanding career contributions to applied psychology and the Ernest Hilgard Award from APA Division 1 (General Psychology) for the integration of psychology across disciplines. Dr. Lilienfeld was president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology within Division 12 and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. He was editor of Clinical Psychological Science, and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Applied and Preventive Psychology, as well as a regular columnist for Scientific American Mind magazine. At the time of his death, he was the Associate Editor of the journal Archives of Scientific Psychology. He authored or coauthored 14 books and more than 500 journal publications, articles in science magazines and book chapters. Dr. Lilienfeld was also a participant in Emory University's "Great Teachers" lecturer series, a Distinguished Speaker for the Psi Chi Honor Society at the annual APA convention and a keynote speaker at numerous national and international conventions. Dr. Lilienfeld passed away in Fall 2020. He was actively involved in the development of the 5th Edition of Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding. Longtime co-authors Steven Lynn and Laura Namy completed the 5th Edition, continuing the legacy of the late Dr. Lilienfeld. Steven Jay Lynn received his BA in psychology from the University of Michigan and his PhD in clinical psychology from Indiana University. He completed an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, Michigan, in 1976 and is now Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Binghamton University (SUNY), where he was the director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and the director of the Psychological Clinic and is currently the directory of the Laboratory of Consciousness and Cognition. (2007 to 2016). Dr. Lynn is a fellow of numerous professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, he is a diplomate in clinical and forensic psychology (ABPP), and he was the recipient of the Chancellor's Award of the State University of New York for Scholarship and Creative Activities. Dr. Lynn has authored or edited 22 books and more than 390 other publications and was named on a list of "Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Programs" (2000 to 2004/Stewart, Wu and Roberts, 2007, Journal of Clinical Psychology). Dr. Lynn is the founder and former editor of Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (APA), and he has served on 11 other editorial boards, including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Dr. Lynn's research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Ohio Department of Mental Health. His research has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, New Scientist Magazine, Discover Magazine, CBS Morning Show, ABC's 20/20, Discovery Channel and the Academy Award-winning documentary, Capturing the Friedmans. Laura L. Namy received her BA in philosophy and psychology from Indiana University in 1993 and her PhD in cognitive psychology at Northwestern University in 1998. Dr. Namy was a Professor of Psychology and Core Faculty in Linguistics at Emory for 19 years, and also served as the Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture at Emory. She has served as a Program Director in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division at the National Science Foundation, and as Executive Director of the Society for Research in Child Development. She is past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognition and Development and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her research focused on the origins and development of verbal and nonverbal symbol use in young children, sound symbolism in natural language and the role of comparison in conceptual development.

Psychology and Scientific Thinking
Research Methods
Biological Psychology
Sensation and Perception
Consciousness
Learning
Memory
Thinking, Language and Intelligence
Human Development
Emotion and Motivation
Stress, Coping and Health
Social Psychology
Personality
Psychological Disorders
Psychological and Biological Treatments