News and events

  • Mass participation dream experiment launches

    Thursday 12 April

    A new study that uses a specially designed iPhone app in an attempt to improve the dreams of millions of people around the world was launched on Tuesday 10 April by Professor Richard Wiseman, School of Psychology. If successful, the study will allow people to create their perfect dream and so wake up feeling especially happy and refreshed.

  • Believing the impossible

    Thursday 15 March

    Research failing to find evidence for the existence of psychic ability has been published, following a year of industry debate.

  • The Tweet Is On Among Men and Women

    Tuesday 19 April

    Male entrepreneurs are using social networking sites to compete and dominate whilst women are using them to build networks according to new research from the University of Hertfordshire.

  • Research reveals that expensive and inexpensive wines taste the same

    Thursday 14 April

    Psychologist Prof Richard Wiseman (University of Hertfordshire) today revealed the results of The Taste Test - a large-scale experiment to discover whether expensive wines are good value for money. The experiment was carried out as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival and involved over 400 members of the public tasting either an expensive or inexpensive wine, and then trying to tell which was which.

  • School of Psychology Launches Carbon-Neutral Compact Home

    Thursday 14 April

    The Cube

    Dr Mike Page from the School of Psychology has used the very latest technology to develop a carbon-neutral compact home called the Cube.

     

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