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Colin A. Ross

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Colin A. Ross
Born (1950-07-14) July 14, 1950 (age 74)

Colin A. Ross (July 14, 1950) is a Canadian psychiatrist and former president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation from 1993 to 1994. There is controversy about his methods and claims, which include recovering memories through hypnosis of Satanic ritual abuse.[1][2][3]

Ross has also produced several documentaries and educational films about Dissociative Identity Disorder. In 1999, he teamed with producer James Myer in the making of Multiple Personality: Reality and Illusion. The docudrama featured Chris Costner Sizemore, a woman that became famous because of a rare diagnosis (at that time) of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Ms. Sizemore's life was portrayed by Joanne Woodward in the Fox motion picture The Three Faces of Eve.[4]

Claims of paranormal ability

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In 2008, Ross applied for the James Randi Educational Foundation's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge with the claim that energy from his eyes could cause a speaker, receiving no other input, to sound a tone.[5]

In 2010, Ross published experimental data that he claimed supported his hypothesis that the eyes emit energy that can be captured and measured in the Anthropology of Consciousness, a journal of the American Anthropological Association.[6] During correspondence with Steven Novella of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, he conceded that the equipment he was using was a biofeedback machine attached to his laptop, and that the laptop was responding in a well-understood way to an eye blink. However, he claimed that he could still send energy beams out of his eyes, and was working on modifying the software to ignore an eye blink.[7] His claim has not currently been tested by the JREF. In 2008, he was granted the tongue-in-cheek Pigasus Award.[1]

Works

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Books

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Contributions

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Selected articles

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Book reviews

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. Colin Ross Expects to Have the Last Laugh, Accepts Tongue-in". Globe News Wire. Globe News Wire. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Dr. Colin A. Ross: Psychiatry, the Supernatural, and Malpractice Most Foul : THE PROCESS IS…". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Milly (9 February 1997). "American therapy that could blow your minds". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Weber, Bruce (5 August 2016). "Chris Costner Sizemore, Patient Behind 'The Three Faces of Eve ..." New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  5. ^ Wilonsky, Robert. "Colin Ross Has An Eyebeam of Energy He'd Like You to Hear". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ Wiley Interscience[dead link]
  7. ^ "The Skeptics Guide - Skepticast #161: 8/20/2008". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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