Richard Wiseman

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Richard Wiseman (2009)

Richard Wiseman (* 1966 ) is a British psychologist . A committed supporter of the skeptic movement , he is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and an advisory editor for the journal Skeptical Inquirer .

Wiseman worked as a professional magician before studying psychology in London . Today Wiseman is Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Hertfordshire , where he holds the Chair of Public Understanding of Psychology . His main area of ​​research, which made him known beyond England, is, besides luck and deception, especially the paranormal. 2000–2002, at the urging of the castle staff , he investigated alleged spooky phenomena in Hampton Court Palace in large-scale experiments and concluded from their results that ghostly apparitions can mostly be explained by the effect of physical effects on the tense psyche of people.

Wiseman also spent a year researching the humor of Internet users from 70 countries on a website called Laughlab, and named it the funniest joke in the world .

In 2012 Wiseman dealt with the practical implementation of William James' approach in behavioral psychology. To this end, he wrote the book " Do - not think " to show how behavior changes can be brought about practically without using methods such as positive thinking.

The psychologist has so far written a total of eight books, some of which have also become bestsellers in Germany, including “ So Make Your Fortune ” (2003), “Affenscharf” (2004) and “Quirkologie” (2008). For his book "Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There" he received the 2012 Robert P. Balles Annual Prize in Critical Thinking from the CSI.

Publications (selection)

  • Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants (co-authored by RL Morris), University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield 1995, ISBN 0900458585
  • Guidelines for Extrasensory Perception Research (co-authored by J. Milton), University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield 1997, ISBN 0900458747
  • Deception and Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics , Prometheus Press, Amherst 1997, ISBN 1573921211
  • Magic in Theory: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring. (Co-authored by P. Lamont,), University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield 1999, ISBN 1902806506
  • Laughlab: The Scientific Search for the World's Funniest Joke , Random House, London 2002
  • The Luck Factor , Random House, London 2003, ISBN 0712623884
  • Did You Spot the Gorilla? How to Recognize Hidden Opportunities in Your Life , Random House, London 2004, ISBN 0099466430
  • Parapsychology (co-author C. Watt), Ashgate, Aldershot 2005, ISBN 0754624501
  • Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives , Pan Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 0330448110 , (German: Quirkologie: The scientific research of our everyday life , Fischer, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 359617483X )
  • 59 seconds , Pan Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 023074429X , (German: How you can change your life in 60 seconds , Fischer, 2010, ISBN 3596185173 )
  • Paranormality: Why We See What Is not There , Pan Macmillan, 2011, ISBN 0230752985 , (dt .: paranormal: Why do we things that do not exist , Fischer, 2012, ISBN 3596192358 )
  • Rip it up: The Simple Idea that Changes Everything , Pan Macmillan, 2012, ISBN 0230752071 , ( Eng .: MACHEN - nicht haben . The radically simple idea that changes your life , Fischer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-596-19660 -9 )

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Richard Wiseman (as of May 17, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csicop.org
  2. ↑ See also the following Self help: forget positive thinking, try positive action , in: The Observer, Saturday, June 30, 2012 (as of February 27, 2014).
  3. ↑ See http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/347619 (as of February 27, 2014).
  4. ↑ Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , CSI's Balles Prize Goes to Richard Wiseman for Paranormality (as of May 17, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csicop.org
personal data
SURNAME Wiseman, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966