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Peter Naish is a senior lecturer in cognitive psychology at The Open University.

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Measure the Pulfrich Effectphotos.com

By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

29 March 2010

Using the Pulfrich Effect, it's possible to calculate the difference in speed in how quickly your eyes communicate with your brain. Why not have a...  Read more : Measure the Pulfrich Effect

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A role for hypnotherapyProduction team

By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

17 March 2008

Peter Naish weighs the role of hypnosis in a medical context, and suggests its best viewed as tool rather than cure. Here's his personal take...  Read more : A role for hypnotherapy

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The science of sleepProduction team

By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

01 July 2006

Mike Leahy and Peter Naish discuss why we need sleep and what happens if we are deprived, as part of the BBC/OU programme website for...  Read more : The science of sleep

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Why consciousness?BBC

By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

07 November 2005

In response to the Reith Lectures on The Emering Mind, by Vilanyanur S Ramachandran (Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition at the University of California),...  Read more : Why consciousness?

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What makes the perfect penalty?The Open University

By Mark Bright (Guest), Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

09 August 2005

A striker and a psychologist compare notes on what makes the perfect penalty  Read more : What makes the perfect penalty?

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Naish, Peter L. N. (2010). Hypnosis and hemispheric asymmetry. Consciousness and Cognition, 19(1), pp. 230–234.

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A role for hypnotherapy

Comment posted by aaa285

28 Jan 2012

Hi Peter, After attending your inspiring lecture last year at the residential course at Susex University and talking to you about it (I am one of the four students that finished the 15 miles walk), I... Read more : A role for hypnotherapy

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Peter Naish is a senior lecturer in cognitive psychology at The Open University. He has a particular interest in the mechanisms and effects of hypnosis, including its ability to influence perceptions or memories.
He is Chair of the Council of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of the British False Memory Society. Peter is also President Elect of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

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