Books, Chapters and Monographs

In Press
French, C. C. (in press). The psychology of belief in and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In Harvey, S., & Barker, E. (eds.). Health and Healing in Minority Religions.

2018
French, C. C. (2018). Reflections on pseudoscience and parapsychology: From here to there and (slightly) back again. In Kaufman, A. B., & Kaufman, J. C. (eds.). Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 375-391.

2017
French, C. C. (2017). If the spirit moves you… In K. Stollznow (ed.). Would you believe it? Mysterious Tales From People You’d Least Expect. Denver: Karen Stollznow. Pp. 77-81.

2016
Brotherton, R., & French, C. C. (2016). Conspiracy theories. In D. Groome & R. Roberts (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. 2nd ed. London: Psychology Press. Pp. 158-176.

French, C. (2016). Abducted: The psychology of close encounters with extraterrestrials. In J. Al-Khalili (ed.). Aliens – Science asks: Is there Anyone Out There? London: Profile Books. Pp. 58-69. (In USA, Aliens: Prominent Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Picador.)

French, C. C. (2016). Alien contact and abduction claims. In D. Groome & R. Roberts (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. 2nd ed. London: Psychology Press. Pp. 48-64.

French, C. C. (2016). Possession and exorcism. In D. Groome & R. Roberts (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. 2nd ed. London: Psychology Press. Pp. 34-47.

French, C. C. (2016). Reincarnation claims. In D. Groome & R. Roberts (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. 2nd ed. London: Psychology Press. Pp. 82-95.

French, C. C. (2016). Reflections on the False Memory Archive. In A. R. Hopwood’s False Memory Archive Anthology, Volume 1. Kindle edition.

French, C. C., & Ost, J. (2016). Beliefs about memory, childhood abuse, and hypnosis amongst clinicians, legal professionals and the general public. In R. Burnett (ed.). Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 143-154.

Ost, J., & French, C. C. (2016). How misconceptions about memory may undermine witness testimony. In P. Radcliffe, G. Gudjonsson, A. Heaton-Armstrong, & D. Wolchover (eds.). Witness Testimony in Sexual Cases: Evidential, Investigative and Scientific Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 361-373.

2015
French, C. C. (2015). Anomalistic psychology. In Cardin, M. (ed.). Ghosts, spirits, and psychics: The paranormal from alchemy to zombies. ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA. Pp. 17-20.

French, C. C. (2015). The psychology of belief and disbelief in the paranormal. In E. C. May & S. B. Marwaha (eds.). Extrasensory Perception: Support, Skepticism, and Science. Volume 1: History, Controversy, and Research. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Pp. 129-151.

2014
French, C. C., & Stone, A. (2014). Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

2013
French, C. C. (2013). Foreword. In K. Mair, Abused by Therapy: How Searching for Childhood Trauma Can Damage Adult Lives. Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador. Pp. v-viii.

2012
Holt, N., Simmonds-Moore, C., Luke, D., & French, C. C. (2012). Anomalistic Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

2011
French, C. C. The waking nightmare of sleep paralysis. In K. Sturgess and the Young Australian Skeptics (eds.). Skeptical Blog Anthology. Young Australian Skeptics. Pp. 103-107.

2010
French, C. C. (2010). Reflections of a (relatively) moderate skeptic. In S. Krippner & H. L. Friedman (eds). Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion? Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Pp. 53-64.

French, C. C. (2010). Missing the point? In S. Krippner & H. L. Friedman (eds). Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion? Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Pp. 149-152.

French, C. (2010). The mosaic of memory. In W. M. Grossman & C. C. French (eds). Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic. London: The Philosophy Press. Pp. 82-86. (Originally published in 2004 under the same title in The Skeptic, 17(1), 12-17.)

French, C. C., Santomauro, J., Hamilton, V., Fox, R., & Thalbourne, M. (2010). Psychological aspects of the alien contact experience. In M. D. Smith (ed.). Anomalous Experiences: Essays from Parapsychological and Psychological Perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Pp. 136-153. (Originally published under the same title in 2008 in Cortex, 44, 1387-1395.)

Grossman, W. M., & French, C. C. (eds). (2010). Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic. London: The Philosophy Press.

2009
French, C. (2009). Anomalistic psychology. In M. Cardwell, L. Clark, C. Meldrum, & A. Wadeley (eds.). Psychology A2 for AQA A. 4th ed. London: Collins. Pp. 472-505.

French, C. C. (2009). Near-death experiences and the brain. In C. Murray (ed.). Psychological Scientific Perspectives on Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Pp. 187-203.

2007
French, C. C., & Santomauro, J. (2007). Something wicked this way comes: Causes and interpretations of sleep paralysis. In S. Della Sala (ed.). Tall Tales About the Mind and Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 380-398.

French, C. C., & Wilson, K. (2007). Cognitive factors underlying paranormal beliefs and experiences. In S. Della Sala (ed.). Tall Tales About the Mind and Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 3-22.

2005
French, C. C. (2005). Fantastic memories: The relevance of research into eyewitness testimony and false memories for reports of anomalous experiences. In R. Wiseman & C. Watt (eds.) The International Library of Psychology: Parapsychology. London: Ashgate Publishing. [Originally published in Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, 153-174.]

French, C. C. (2005). Scepticism. In Henry, J. (ed.) Parapsychology: Research into Exceptional Experiences. London: Routledge. Pp. 80-89.

2004
French, C. C. (2004) Parapsychology. In A. Kuper and J. Kuper (eds.) The Social Science Encyclopaedia. Vol. 2. 3rd. ed. London: Routledge. Pp. 702-703.

2003
French, C. C. (2003). Fantastic memories: The relevance of research into eyewitness testimony and false memories for reports of anomalous experiences. In Alcock, J., Burns, J., & Freeman, A. (eds.), Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal. Exeter: Imprint Academic. [Originally published in Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, 153-174.]

2002
Holden, K. J., & French, C. C. (2002). Alien abduction experiences: Clues from neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. In Spence, S. A., & Halligan, P. W. (eds.) Pathologies of Body, Self and Space. Hove: Psychology Press. Pp. 163-178. [Reprinted from Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 7, 163-178.]

2001
French, C. C. (2001). Alien abductions. In Roberts, R., & Groome, D. (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. London: Arnold. Pp. 102-116.

French, C. C. (2001). The placebo effect. In Roberts, R., & Groome, D. (eds.). Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience. London: Arnold. Pp. 35-47.

French, C. C. (2001) Paranormal perception? A critical evaluation. London: Institute for Cultural Research. Monograph Series No. 42. [25 pp.]

2000
French, C. C., & Colman, A. M. (eds.) (2000). Psichologiah kognitivit (Emma Braverman, trans.). Holon, Isreal: Ach. Pp. 168. (Hebrew translation of French & Colman, 1995; ISBN: 965-267-183-5)

1998
French, C. C., Fowler, M., McCarthy, K., & Peers, D. (1998) Belief in astrology: A test of the Barnum effect. In K. Frazier (ed.) Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge and Belief. Amherst, NY: Prometheus. Pp. 212-220. [Updated version of article originally published in Skeptical Inquirer, 15(2), Winter 1991.]

1997
Dean, G. A., Nias, D. K. B., and French, C. C. (1997) Graphology, astrology and parapsychology. In H. Nyborg (ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature: Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck at Eighty. Oxford: Pergamon. Pp. 511-542.

1996
French, C. C. (1996) Psychic healing. In G. Stein (ed.) The Encyclopaedia of the Paranormal. Amherst, NY: Prometheus. Pp. 597-604.

French, C. C. (1996) Psychokinesis. In G. Stein (ed.) The Encyclopaedia of the Paranormal. Amherst, NY: Prometheus. Pp. 604-613.

French, C. C. (1996) Parapsychology. In A. Kuper and J. Kuper (eds.) The Social Science Encyclopaedia. 2nd. ed. London: Routledge. Pp. 586-587.

1995
French, C. C., and Colman, A. M. (eds.) (1995) Cognitive Psychology. London: Longman. (106 pp.)

French, C. C., and Colman, A. M. (1995) Cognitive psychology: Introduction. In C. C. French and A. M. Colman (eds.) Cognitive Psychology. London: Longman. Pp. xi-xvi.

1994
Blumberg, H. H., and French, C. C. (eds.) (1994) The Persian Gulf War: Views from the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. (638 pp.)

Blumberg, H. H., and French, C. C. (1994) A bibliography of social-science articles and books on the Persian Gulf War. In H. H. Blumberg and C. C. French (eds.) The Persian Gulf War: Views from the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Pp. 575-605.

French, C. C. (1994) The Gulf War: Psychological perspectives. In H. H. Blumberg and C. C. French (eds.) The Persian Gulf War: Views from the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Pp. 205-221.

French, C. C., and Blumberg, H. H. (1994) An introduction to social and behavioral science perspectives on the Persian Gulf War. In H. H. Blumberg and C. C. French (eds.) The Persian Gulf War: Views from the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Pp. 1-12.

1992
Blumberg, H. H., and French, C. C. (eds.) (1992) Peace: Abstracts of the Psychological and Behavioral Literature, 1967-1990. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (ix + 229 pp.).

1991
French, C. C. (1991) Psychological Aspects of the Gulf War. London: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms. (50 pp.).

1990
French, C. C. (1990) Computer-assisted assessment. In J. R. Beech and L. Harding (Eds.) Testing People: A Practical Guide to Psychometrics Windsor: NFER Nelson. Pp. 135-142.