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Two events of interest this Thursday evening
Sent March 26th 2013
Hi All, Myself and Dr Chris Roe will be chatting about ESP and stuff at Westminster University's "Plug in Your Brain" event this Thursday evening at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Full details here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/humanities/archive/2013/plug-in-your-brain-ghosts-esp-and-crystal-power Short link: http://bit.ly/XDkOK9 At about the same time, there is an interesting SPR lecture by Leslie Price on "Fraud and Psychical Research" at Kensington C...
"Tricks of the Mind" @ Conway Hall, London, on 30th March 2013
Sent March 23rd 2013
Hi All, Below are details of what looks like it will be a fantastic event organised by CFI UK to be held next Saturday at Conway Hall. Tickets available from: http://humanism.org.uk/events/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=14 Best wishes, Chris +++++++++++ Come and hear some of the world’s leading experts explain how our minds can distort and deceive, including how they often play a role in generating a wide range of paranormal experiences. Discussion will include magic, time distortion, hypnotism and p...
Prof Elizabeth Loftus @ Goldsmiths, tonight
Sent March 20th 2013
Hi All, Full details of Prof Loftus's talk can be found here: http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/abstracts12/#d.en.41567 PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PRE-BOOKED. Although no actual tickets have been issued, your name will be on our list if you have pre-booked (please don't ask me to check "just to be sure" as I simply don't have time today - sorry!). Also, note that the lecture starts at 6 pm in the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre in the Whitehead Building at Goldsmiths. This is no...
Greenwich SitP - all systems go!
Sent March 17th 2013
Hi All, We have now booked our first four speakers for Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub! Our first speaker, on 3 April, is hypnotist Martin S Taylor, who will be doing a repeat performance of his excellent "Hypnotism without hypnosis" talk that he gave at Goldsmiths a few months back (and I've also got him booked in for a talk on reincarnation at Goldsmiths next academic year!). In the months that follow, we have: 1 May: Wendy Grossman, Deborah Hyde, Chris French (panel consisting of past and present editors...
Rosie Waterhouse's APRU presentation scheduled for Tuesday, 19 March has been CANCELLED
Sent March 17th 2013
Hi All, Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rosie Waterhouse has regrettably had to cancel her APRU invited talk scheduled for Tuesday, 19 March. Apologies for any inconvenience. Best wishes, Chris ...
Minor Correction: Rosie Waterhouse on the Satanic ritual abuse myth, false memories and weird beliefs @ Goldsmiths, 6:10 pm, 19/3/13
Sent March 14th 2013
Hi All, Sorry, just realised that I put 13/3/13 as the date for Rosie's talk at one point in my previous email. I meant 19/3/13 (as I put twice elsewhere). Cheers, Chris ...
Rosie Waterhouse on the Satanic ritual abuse myth, false memories and weird beliefs @ Goldsmiths, 6:10 pm, 19/3/13
Sent March 14th 2013
Hi All, Our next APRU Invited Speaker is journalist and lecturer Rosie Waterhouse (City University London). The title of Rosie's talk is "The Satanic ritual abuse myth, false memories and weird beliefs: Anatomy of a 20-year investigation". The talk will take place at 6:10 pm on Tuesday, 19/3/13 (details below). As always, the talk is free, open to the public and there is no need to book. For further information, contact Robert Brotherton (email: r.br...@gold.ac.uk) or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers...
Prof Elizabeth Valentine on Psychical Research Between the Wars @ Goldsmiths, tomorrow, 6:10 pm
Sent March 11th 2013
Hi All, Final reminder! Our next APRU Invited Speaker is Professor Elizabeth Valentine (Royal Holloway, University of London). The title of Elizabeth's talk is "Academic psychology and psychical research between the wars". The talk will take place at 6:10 pm tomorrow (details below). As always, the talk is free, open to the public and there is no need to book. For further information, contact Robert Brotherton (email: r.br...@gold.ac.uk) or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/ Feel free to forward thi...
Psychology of the Paranormal Email Network Message
Sent March 6th 2013
Hi All, Our next APRU Invited Speaker is Professor Elizabeth Valentine (Royal Holloway, University of London). The title of Elizabeth's talk is "Academic psychology and psychical research between the wars". The talk will take place at 6:10 pm on Tuesday, 12/3/13 (details below). As always, the talk is free, open to the public and there is no need to book. For further information, contact Robert Brotherton (email: r.br...@gold.ac.uk) or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/ Feel free to forward this mess...
New papers on out-of-body experiences from Jason Braithwaite
Sent March 5th 2013
Hi All, News from Jason Braithwaite (below) of two new papers that may be of interest. Best wishes, Chris ++++ Hi Chris I have two papers on the hallucinatory components underlying out-of-body experiences coming out in different journals this month. Links to electronic copies here that your readership of your group might enjoy. There will be a press release from Cortex as well for the paper in there. Evidence for elevated cortical hyperexcitability and its association with out-of-body experiences in the non-clini...
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