Research activity
Current researchSome of our current research projects are listed below. It is possible to participate in, or register for many of these projects online. If you would like further details about any project please email apru (@gold.ac.uk). We also run a free Participant Panel through which we circulate news about current projects, forthcoming projects and results from recently completed projects.
Recently completed research
- Test of Extrasensory Perception
- Online card guessing task
- Handedness, personality and paranormal belief/experience
- Joint Attention Telepathy Test
Ongoing
research/research
on hiatus
- Telephone Telepathy (Collaborative research with Dr Rupert Sheldrake).
- Clairvoyant Psychometric Readings
- Photo Telepathy Test
Research Profile
Professor French is currently engaged in a wide range of relevant projects in this area, ranging from international collaborative research projects through supervision of postgraduate research students to supervision of project and placement students.
(i) International collaborative links: Professor French is engaged in a number of international collaborative investigations with researchers overseas.
(ii) Postgraduate research students:
There are a number of MPhil/PhD students working within this area in
the Department, all supervised or co-supervised by Prof. French. This
represents a substantial proportion of the UK-based research postgraduates
in this area.
(iii) Project and placement students:
Project and placement students have carried out studies on a wide range
of topics including cognitive biases in interpreting evidence for
the paranormal; actual tests of psychic claims; belief in astrology;
claims relating to "crystal power"; the relationship between
paranormal belief, fantasy proneness, and childhood abuse; population
stereotypes; memory for psychic readings; the psychology of luck,
and so on. Many of these studies have formed the basis of publications
and conference presentations.
Anomalistic Psychology Interest Group (APIG)
The Anomalistic Psychology Interest Group is a discussion group and mailing list intended for academics and researchers to discuss and critique ideas, methods, projects and results within Anomalistic Psychology. Meetings are convened four to six times per year for members to attend, make presentations and continue discussions in person. Membership is free and open to any academic or researcher with a genuine interest in the area, however subscription requests are approved by the APIG convenor.