attempts to convince the reader that new scientific discoveries show a world in which intelligence is found in birds, other vertebrates, and even in the insect world." Ethologist Jack Hailman negatively reviewed the book for promoting a straw man argument about what scientists believe about birds. Hailman quoted Barber as saying that the "official scientific view" of birds is that they are instinctual automata but according to Hailman this has never been an official view in the fields of ethology and ornithology but Barber argued against this view many times in his book. Other interests Although hypnosis was the main focus of Barber's research, his other interests included investigator bias, psychical phenomena, and comparative psychology, as reflected in his book The Human Nature of Birds (1993). His later unpublished work focused on the mind–body problem and is purported to advance a type of panpsychism. At a meeting of the executive council of CSI in Denver, Colorado, in April 2011, Barber was selected for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics. The Pantheon of Skeptics was created by CSI to remember the legacy of deceased fellows of CSI and their contributions to the cause of scientific skepticism. Publications Theodore Xenophon Barber Hypnosis: A Scientific Approach (1969) LSD, Marihuana, Yoga and Hypnosis (1970) Biofeedback and Self-Control (1971) Hypnosis, Imagination, and Human Potentialities (1974) [with Nicholas Spanos and John F. Chaves] Pitfalls in Human Research: Ten Pivotal Points (1976) Advances in Altered States of Consciousness & Human Potentialities (1976) The Human Nature of Birds: A Scientific Discovery with Startling Implications (1994) References 1927 births 2005 deaths 20th-century American psychologists American skeptics American University alumni Animal cognition writers Critics of parapsychology Hypnosis Panpsychism People from Martins Ferry, Ohio St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni