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Loren Pankratz (born February 27, 1940) is a consultation psychologist at the Portland VA Medical Center and professor in the department of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).〔 Following his retirement in 1995, he maintained a forensic practice until 2012. He testified nationally on cases of Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP), often defending mothers accused of harming their children.〔〔 He has written and lectured on a wide variety of unusual topics such as dancing manias, spiritualism, Greek oracles, ghosts, plagues, historical enigmas, mesmerism, moral panics, con-games, self-deception, faith healing, self-surgery, miracles, ethical blunders, quackery, and renaissance science. He has also published magic history, magic tricks, and mentalism effects in magazines.〔 Pankratz, along with Ray Hyman and Jerry Andrus, was a founding faculty member of the Skeptic's Toolbox in Eugene, Oregon. Pankratz is also a Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff/ )〕 == Personal == Pankratz received his B.A. from Oregon State University in 1962 and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1968. He is a lifelong resident of Oregon, and his mother and grandparents were pioneers near Mount Hood. In 2012, Pankratz constructed a display of historically significant books about quackery at the Oregon Health & Science University Library.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/collections/historical-collections-archives/exhibits/hom-exhibit-quackery.cfm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loren Pankratz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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