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Cheryl Walker

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Cheryl Walker

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Wake Forest senior Lakshmi Krishnan named Rhodes Scholar

At Halloween, when people share tales of haunted houses, ghosts in the graveyard and things that go bump in the night, Wake Forest University psychologist Melissa Maffeo responds with science. Author of the 2025 book “Science of the Supernatural: Critical Thinking for the Mind and Brain,” Maffeo explores the spooky experiences pop culture often attributes…