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Hassaan Tohid discusses the myths and psychological realities behind real-life instances of possible demonic possession. Dr. Hassaan Tohid MBBS, CCATP, CSOTP is a Neuroscientist, Motivational speaker, Clinician, Trainer, Certified Life Coach, and a Published Author. He has a career with three domains. An entrepreneur, an academic (neuroscientist, and a teacher), and a clinician (Addiction treatment). As an entrepreneur, he is the founder of California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology. Where he leads the organization as the CEO. He is a trainer, a coach, and a teacher. His training includes Public Speaking, Research Writing and Research Data Analysis, Business training and coaching, life coaching, and Sales. He is a Neuroscientist and delivered a TED talk previously at TEDx UCDavisSF. He has written over 45 scientific articles and 3 books. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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