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ProfessorRichardWiseman ProfessorDavidWilson
WHYDOWEPUNISH?
ProfessorWilsonwilldiscussthemajorjustificationsforimprisonment.Dothesejustificationsstanduptoscrutiny?WhydoesEnglandandWaleschosetoimprisonmorepeoplethanourEuropeanneighbours–aretheEnglishanymorecriminogenicthantheFrench,Swedes,Poles,Belgiansetc?
Richardstartedasaprofessionalmagician.HeiscurrentlyProfessorinthePublicUnderstandingofPsychologyattheUniversityofHertfordshire.Hehaswrittenover60academicarticlesandseveralbooks,includingTheLuckFactorandmanagesoneofthemostsuccessfulchannelsonYouTube–Quirkology.
TheLuckFactor
Whydosomepeopleleadhappysuccessfulliveswhilstothersfacerepeatedfailureandsadness?Whyaresomepeoplealwaysintherightplaceattherighttime,whileothersarealwaysunlucky?ProfessorRichardWisemanhasresearchedthetopicandworkedwithsomeoftheworld’sluckiestandunluckiestpeopletoanswerthesefascinatingquestions.Discovertheresultsofhisworkandfindouthow‘TheLuckFactor’canchangeyourlife.
ProfessorWilsonisoneofthecountry’sleadingCriminologistsandisawellknowauthorandbroadcaster.Heistheauthorofthebest-sellingAHistoryofBritishSerialKilling(Sphere).HepresentsaBBCRadio4seriescalledIntheCriminologist’sChairandin2016presentedInterviewwithaMurdererforChannel4.
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PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL CONFERENCE LONDON March 27, 28 and 29, 2017
Professor ELIZABETH LOFTUSBOOKING
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ProfessorLoftushashadauniquecareerasoneoftheforemostpsychologistsofhergenerationandislistedasthemostwellknowfemalepsychologistever.Shehasbeenaninstrumentalfigureincognitivepsychologyandcontinuestobeactiveinresearch,focusingonthemalleabilityofmemoryandfalsememorysyndrome.Shehaspublished22booksandover500articlesandchapters.
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DrPhilBanyard,ReaderinPsychology,NottinghamTrentUniversity
TheBloomingBuzzingConfusion:Whatdoesababyseewhenitfirstopensitseyes?Howdowelearntomakesenseofwhatwesee,hearandfeel?Thistalkwillexplorethroughdemonstrationssomeofthepuzzlesofperceptionlike‘whydogargoyleslooksougly?’,‘whyisasadsongsad?’and‘whatcolourisWednesday?’
CaraFlanagan,authorandconferenceorganiser.
Thepsychologyofsuccessfulrevision.Stoptryingtostuffthingsintoyourbrainandinsteadlearntogetthembackout.You’restudyingpsychologysooughttoknowabouttherealsecretsofsuccessfulrevision.
KEYNOTETALKMemorymatters
Peoplecanbeledtobelievethattheyrememberthepastdifferentlythanitreallywas.Throughsuggestiontheycanbeledtorememberdetailsthatweredifferentfromactualevents,andeventofalselyrememberentireeventsthatneveroccurred.Falsememorieshavebeenplantedinthemindsofordinarypeopleforeventsthatwouldhavebeentraumatichadtheyhappened(suchasassaultorneardrowning).Moreoverthesefalsebeliefshaveconsequencesforpeople,sometimesaffectingtheirlaterthoughts,intentionsandbehaviours.Forexample,leadingpeopletobelievetheygotsickeatingaparticularfoodcausesalateravoidanceofthatfood.
TherewillbeaQ&AsessionattheendofProfessorLoftus’talk.