Lecture Series
As a supplement to the unit and the Goldsmiths Psychology programme, the APRU organised a series of lectures presented by invited speakers from other institutions or organisations. These speakers, who are all specialists within their respective fields of Psychology and anomalistic research, kindly agreed for their presentations to be recorded and made available through this page. The links below provide complete and free access to these recordings, and will also be updated as new presentations are given. We have also endeavoured to provide any support materials, such as the lecture slides, where appropriate and possible.
From the 2009 - 2010 lecture series:
Dr Cara Laney
Department of Psychology, University of Leicester (06.10.09) : True vs. False Memories: Is There a Definitive Difference?
Prof. Chris French
Goldsmiths, University of London (10.11.09) : Something Wicked This Way Comes:
Causes and Interpretations of Sleep Paralysis
Dr Mark Vernon
Writer, broadcaster and journalist (24.11.09) : Happiness: The Failure of a New
Science
Prof. Richard Wiseman
Department of Psychology, University of
Hertfordshire (16.03.10) : “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: How
Parapsychologists Nullify Null
Results
Dr Sam Parnia
University of Cornell and
University of
Southampton (23.03.10) : Near
Death Experiences During Cardiac
Arrest
From the 2008 - 2009 lecture series:
Dr Rupert Sheldrake
Morphic Resonance, Collective Memory
and the Habits of Nature
From the 2007 - 2008 lecture series:
Dr
Brian Hughes
School of Psychology, National University
of Ireland, Galway (16.10.07) : Making Sense of Miracle
Cures: How Psychology Makes Alternative
Medicine 'Work'
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View slides [pdf format]
From the 2006 - 2007 lecture series:
Dr Rupert Sheldrake
What if Telepathy Really
Happens?
Also, listen to a copy of the debate between Dr Rupert Sheldrake and
Prof. Chris French, conducted at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Live debate (29.11.2006) : Does Telepathy Happen?
Listen to debate
Dr
James Ost
University of Portsmouth (5.12.2006) :The Recovered Memory Debate – A
Collective False Memory?
Prof. Chris French
Goldsmiths College (16.01.2007) : The Placebo Effect: Myths, Muddle
and Methodology.
- View slides [pdf format]
Dr Konrad Talmont-Kaminski
Konrad Lorenz Institute (06.02.2007) : In a Mirror, Darkly; Does
rationality reflect superstition?
- View slides [pdf format]