Around 2010, psychologists started to think about how some of their findings might be the result of several problems with their methods, such as not publishing experiments with chance ...
I am a big fan of magic history and a few years ago I started to investigate the life and work of a remarkable Scottish conjurer called Harry Marvello. Harry enjoyed an amazing career ...
I have recently carried out some detective work into one of my favourite paranormal studies. It all began with an article that I co-wrote for The Psychologist about how research into the ...
Delighted to say that tonight at 8pm I will be presenting a 60 min BBC Radio 4 programme on mind magic, focusing on the amazing David Berglas. After being broadcast, it will be available on ...
Two quick bits of news from me. First, my new book on how learning magic promotes wellbeing is out very soon. It’s called Magic Your Mind Happy, and I am very excited because it provides a new ...
I am a huge fan of 1930s paranormal researcher Harry Price. Price carried out lots of amazing investigations, including studying an alleged talking mongoose and trying to use an ancient ...
I am delighted to say that I am going to regularly blog about quirky things that have captured my imagination. I hope your curiosity will also be tickled! You can follow the posts here or over ...
Welcome to another blog post and many thanks for your kind comments on my previous post. At CSICON I had the pleasure of interviewing Penn & Teller about their work. I am a huge fan and ...
Another Thursday, another dose of curious stuff. Here is a strange tale combining magic, a trip to Paris, and some remarkable photographs. In the early 1890s, French scientist Alfred Binet ...
Welcome to another Thursday post celebrating curious mind stuff. This week, we enter the world of illusion! I have created many optical illusions over the years, and I am fortunate enough to ...
This week we will take a detailed look at an optical illusion that I created to shrink people. There are a few ways of making someone look small. One approach involves making everything else ...
I recently received a lovely email from a pal of mine, Ian Franklin. We met when I investigated alleged ghostly phenomena at Hampton Court Palace, and so I thought that it would be a good time ...
