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Stuart Vyse is a professor of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, CT. He earned BA and MA degrees in English literature at Southern Illinois University and MA and PhD degrees in psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He has published over thirty professional articles and book chapters on topics including autism, skepticism, belief in the paranormal, and behavior analysis. He began teaching at Connecticut College in 1986, and he has chaired the Department of Psychology on two occasions.

Vyse’s first book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (Oxford, 1997) won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association and was translated into German and Japanese.

Stuart Vyse was born on November...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 44 ratings · 11 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money 3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 30, 2013 07:11am
Stuart Vyse rated a book 4 of 5 stars For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 30, 2012 06:36pm
Stuart Vyse rated a book 4 of 5 stars Just Kids by Patti Smith	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 08, 2012 05:27pm
Stuart Vyse made a comment on his review of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank "These are wonderful stories with great feeling, completely devoid of the cleverness and distracting pyrotechnics of many of Englander's contemporaries...more "
Aug 09, 2012 05:43am · see review
Stuart Vyse rated a book 5 of 5 stars What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander read in August, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Aug 09, 2012 05:36am
Stuart Vyse rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Pale King by David Foster Wallace	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wonderful stuff here. Would very likely given a 5-star rating to what I image the completed book might have been.
Aug 03, 2012 10:33am · see review
Stuart Vyse rated a book 3 of 5 stars Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson by Alison Lurie	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
For those who are interested in Merrill's relationship with David Jackson and other lovers and in the role of the Ouija board in his poetry and life, this is a revealing brief memoir.
Jul 07, 2012 11:54am · see review
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Stuart Vyse rated a book 5 of 5 stars Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman read in March, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A very important book. Kahneman, our most eminent living behavioral scientist, provides a very clear and thoughtful summary of his long research career.
Mar 19, 2012 04:44am · see review
Stuart Vyse rated a book 5 of 5 stars Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro read in July, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ishiguro is a wonderfully detailed reporter of subtle emotional responses. Unless I am mistaken, the artificial circumstances of the characters are emblematic of our own existential plight. Haunting and tragically sweet.
Jul 02, 2011 09:30pm · see review