Research

Previous Research

I graduated from Coventry University in 2000 with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology. My final year project dealt with the effects of photic stimulation and private self-consciousness on visual imagination imagery in males and females.

In 2001, I graduated with an M.Sc. by Research in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh. My thesis was entitled, "The Relationship of Gaze-Avoidance to Shyness and Belief in the Power of Gaze, and an Analysis of Vocabulary for Eye-Fixation Research." This study was methodologically incorporated into a study I conducted as a Research Assistant for Dr Caroline Watt. It examined the influence a researcher has during a facilitated meditation experiment. The paper outlining this study was published in 2002.

I graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2007 with a PhD in Psychology. My thesis was entitled "The Electrophysiological Processing of Remote Staring Detection." I was supervised by the late and great Professor Robert Morris and by Dr Paul Stevens. I presented a paper based upon this research at the Parapsychological Association Convention in 2008 and I am currently preparing this paper for publication.

Current Research

I am continuing the research interests that I developed during my PhD. These include:

• Beliefs, attitudes and experiences of remote staring detection and other anomalous phenomena.

• The use of experimental electroencephalography and other electrophysiological methods.

• The implications of key elements of perceptual psychophysics on experimental results.

• Research methods and ethical implications of researching parapsychological phenomena.