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The psychology of Ouija

Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.

  • Article

The psychological impact of nuclear war

How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.

  • Podcast

Joy

Bidisha explores joy, from the psychology of our earliest laughs to collective and solitary pleasures like comedy, food and performance.

  • Article

Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

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  • Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the waiting room. Process print, 1929.
  • Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the laboratory and a consulting room. Process print, 192-.
  • Psychology for the fighting man : prepared for the fighting man himself / by a committee of the National Resarch Council with the collaboration of Science service.
  • Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. 1, Sexual inversion / by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds / by Havelock Ellis.
  • Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. 1, Sexual inversion / by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds / by Havelock Ellis.
  • Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. I, The evolution of modesty : The phenomena of sexual periodicity / by Havelock Ellis.
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
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Space Psychology

The Forum
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Part of Packed Lunch

  • Discussion

The Psychology of Magic

The Forum
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  • Event

Performance by Professor Christopher French

Gallery 1
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Part of Smoke and Mirrors Live Performances

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