Papers

Wiseman, R., Watt, C. & Kornbrot, D. (2019) Registered reports: an early example and analysis, PeerJ. 7, 1, 13 p., e6232. Here

Wiseman, R. & Houstoun, W. (2018) Impossible Movement Illusions, i-Perception. 9, 6, p. 1-6 6 p. Here.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2018) Achieving the impossible: A review of magic-based interventions and their effects on wellbeing, PeerJ. 6, 12, p. e6081 e6081. Here.

Kornbrot, D., Wiseman, R. & Georgiou, G. (2018). Quality science from quality measurement: The role of measurement type with respect to replication and effect size magnitude in psychological research, PLoS ONE. 13, 2, p. e0192808 e0192808. Here

Wiseman, R. & Owen, A. M. (2017). Turning the other lobe: Directional biases in brain diagrams. i-Perception. 8(3), 1-4. Here.

Wiseman, R. (2016). A New Version of the Beuchet Chair Illusion. I-Perception, 7(6), 2041669516679168. http://doi.org/10.1177/2041669516679168. Click here.

Shaw, H., Ellis, D. A., Kendrick, L., Ziegler, F. and Wiseman, R. (2016). Predicting smartphone operating system from personality and individual differences. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19(12),727-732. Click here.

Wiseman, R.J., & Nakano, T. (2016) Blink and you’ll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks. PeerJ 4:e1873

Ellis, D.A., Wiseman, R., Jenkins, R. (2015) Mental Representations of Weekdays. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134555. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134555. Click here.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2015). And now for something completely different: Inattentional blindness in a Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch.  i-Perception, 6(1), 38-40. Click here.

Gurney, D. J., Pine, K. J., & Wiseman, R. (2013). The gestural misinformation effect: Skewing eyewitness testimony through gesture. American Journal of Psychology, 126(3), 301-314. DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.126.3.0301 Information about the paper here.

Wiseman, R. & Herring, R. (2013), Rich pickings in comedy, Psychologist, 26 (4) , 270-271.

Ritchie, S. J., Wiseman, R. & French, C. C. (2012). Failing the future: Three unsuccessful attempts to replicate Bem’s ‘retroactive facilitation of recall’ effect. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e33423. Click here.

Ritchie , S. J. , Wiseman, R., & French, C. C. (2012). Replication, replication, replication, Psychologist , 25(5), 346-348 .

Woods, S., Watt, C., & Wiseman R. (In press). Beyond a joke: Examining the relationship between humor styles and bullying. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research.

Wiseman, R., Watt, C., ten Brinke, L., Porter, S., Couper S-L, et al. (2012) The Eyes Don’t Have It: Lie Detection and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. PLoS ONE7(7): e40259. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040259.  Download here.

Wiseman, R. (2011). How much is that doggy in the window? A brief evaluation of the Jaytee experiments. Unpublished. Download here.

Wiseman R., & Watt C. (2010). ‘Twitter’ as a new research tool: A mass participation test of remote viewing. European Journal of Parapsychology. Download here.

Wiseman, R. (2010). ’Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’: How Parapsychologists Nullify Null Results, Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 34(1), 36-39, January/February. Available here.

Wiseman R., & Watt C. (2010). Judging a book by its cover: The unconscious influence of pupil size on consumer choice. Perception 39(10), 1417–1419. Download here.

Wiseman R. (2009) Darwin Illusion: Evolution in a blink of the eye Perception, 38, 1413-1415. Download here.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2006). Belief in psychic ability and the misattribution hypothesis: A qualitative review. British Journal of Psychology, 97, 323-338. Download here

Schlitz, M., Wiseman, R., Watt, C., & Radin, D. (2006). Of two minds: Skeptic-proponent collaboration within parapsychology. British Journal of Psychology, 97, 313-322. Download here.

Rogers, P. & Wiseman, R. (2006) Self-perceived high intuitiveness: An initial exploration. Imagination, Cognition & Personality, 25(2), 161-177.

Chotai, J. & Wiseman, R. (2005). Born lucky? The relationship between feeling lucky and month of birth. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 1451-1460. Download here.

O’Keeffe, C. & Wiseman, R. (2005). Testing alleged mediumship: Methods and results. The British Journal of Psychology, 96(2), 165-179. Download here.

Wiseman R. & Greening, E. (2005). ‘Its still bending’: Verbal suggestion and alleged psychokinetic metal bending. British Journal of Psychology. 96(1), 115-127. Download here.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2004). Measuring superstitious belief: Why lucky charms matter. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 1533-1541. Download here.

Wiseman, R., Greening, E., and Smith, M. (2003). Belief in the paranormal and suggestion in the seance room. British Journal of Psychology, 94(3), 285-297. Download here.

Wiseman, R., Watt, C., Stevens, P., Greening, E. & O’Keeffe, C. (2003). An investigation into alleged ‘hauntings’. The British Journal of Psychology, 94, 195-211. Download here.

Bor, D., Duncan, J., Wiseman, R., & Owen, A.M. (2003). Encoding strategies dissociate prefrontal activity from working memory demand. Neuron, 37, 361-367.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2002). Experimenter differences in cognitive correlates of paranormal belief and psi. Journal of Parapsychology, 66(4), 371-385.

Wiseman, R., Watt, C., Greening, E., Stevens, P. & O’Keeffe, C. (2002). An investigation into the alleged haunting of Hampton Court Palace: Psychological variables and magnetic fields. Journal of Parapsychology, 66(4), 387-408. Download here.

Wiseman, R. & Greening, E. (2002). The mind machine: A mass participation experiment into the possible existence of extrasensory perception. The British Journal of Psychology, 93, 487-499. Download here.

Houran, J., Wiseman, R., and Thalbourne, M. (2002). Perceptual-personality characteristics associated with naturalistic haunt experiences. European Journal of Parapsychology, 17, 17-44.

Wiseman, R. & Smith, M. D. (2002). Assessing the role of cognitive and motivational biases in belief in the paranormal. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 66, 178-186.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (2001). Does psi exist? Reply to Storm and Ertel. Psychological Bulletin, 127(3), 434-438.

Lamont, P. & Wiseman, R. (2001). The rise and fall of the Indian rope trick. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 65, 175-93. Download here.

Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R. & Harris, P. (2000). The relationship between ‘luck’ and psi. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 94, 25-36. Download here.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M.D. & Milton, J. (2000). The ‘psychic pet’ phenomenon: A reply to Rupert Sheldrake. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 64 (858), 46-50. Download here.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (1999). Does psi exist? Lack of replication of an anomalous process of information transfer. Psychological Bulletin, 125(4), 387-391. Download here.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (1999). A meta-analysis of mass media ESP testing. British Journal of Psychology, 90, 235-240.

Wiseman, R. & Milton, J. Experiment one of the SAIC remote viewing program: A critical re-evaluation. A reply to May. (1999). Journal of Parapsychology, 63(1), 3-14. Download here.

Wiseman, R. & Milton, J. (1998). Experiment one of the SAIC remote viewing program: A critical re-evaluation. Journal of Parapsychology, 62(4), 297-308. Download here.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M., Milton, J. (1998). Can animals detect when their owners are returning home? An experimental test of the ‘psychic pet’ phenomenon. British Journal of Psychology, 89, 453-462. Download here.

Wiseman, R. & Schlitz, M. (1998). Experimenter effects and the remote detection of staring. Journal of Parapsychology, 61(3), 197-208. Download here.

Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R., Machin, D., Harris, P. & Joiner, R. (1997). Luckiness, competition, and performance on a psi task. Journal of Parapsychology, 61, 33-44. Download here.

Wiseman, R., & West, D. (1997). An experimental test of psychic detection. The Police Journal, 70(1), 19-25.

Wiseman, R. (1997). An Experimental Test of ‘Psychic Diagnosis’. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 61(847), 397-398.

Smith, M. D., Wiseman, R., Harris, P. & Joiner, R. (1996). On being lucky: The psychology and parapsychology of luck. European Journal of Parapsychology, 12, 35-43.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M. D., & Kornbrot, D. (1996). Assessing possible sender-to-experimenter acoustic leakage in the PRL autoganzfeld. Journal of Parapsychology. 60, 97-128.

Wiseman, R, & Lamont, P. (1996). Unravelling the Indian rope-trick. Nature, 383, 212-213.

Wiseman, R. (1996). ‘MegaLabUK’: Participatory science and the mass media. Public Understanding of Science, 5 167-169.

Wiseman, R., West, D., & Stemman, R. (1996). An experimental test of psychic detection. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 61(842), 34-45. Download here.

Haraldsson, E. & Wiseman, R. (1996). Two investigations of ostensible macro-PK in India. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 61(843), 109-113.

Wiseman, R. (1995). The MegaLab Truth Test, Nature, 373, 391. Download here.

Wiseman, R. (1995). Testing the notion that a ‘foot shiner’ could have been used during the Delmore experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 59, 63-65.

Haraldsson, E. & Wiseman, R. (1995). Reactions to and an assessment of a videotape on Sathya Sai Baba. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 60(839), 203-213.

Wiseman, R. & Haraldsson, E. (1995). Investigating macro-PK in India: Swami Premananda. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 60 (839), 193-202.

Wiseman, R. & Morris, R.L. (1995). Recalling pseudo-psychic demonstrations. British Journal of Psychology, 86, 113-125. Download here.

Wiseman, R., & Morris, R.L. (1994). Modelling the stratagems of psychic fraud. European Journal of Parapsychology, 10, 31-44.

Wiseman, R., Harris, P. & Middleton, W. (1994). Luckiness and psi: An initial study. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 60 (836), 1-15.

Wiseman, R. (1993). Barrington and Palladino: Ten major errors. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59 (830), 16-34.

Wiseman, R. (1993). Fontana and Palladino: Nine major errors. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59 (830), 35-47.

Wiseman, R. (1993). Martinez-Taboas, Francia and Palladino: Nine major errors. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59 (831), 130-140.

Wiseman, R. (1993). The Feilding Report: All things considered. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 59 (832), 210-217.

Wiseman, R. (1992). The Feilding Report: A reconsideration. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 58 (826), 129-152.

Wiseman, R., Beloff, J., & Morris, R. L. (1992). Testing the ESP claims of SORRAT. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 58 (829), 363-377.

Academic books

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2005). Parapsychology. London, UK: Ashgate International Library of Psychology. Series Editor, Prof. David Canter.

Lamont, P. & Wiseman, R. (1999). Magic in Theory: an introduction to the theoretical and psychological elements of conjuring. Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press (US edition: Hermetic Press).

Wiseman, R. (1997). Deception and self-deception: Investigating Psychics. Amherst, USA: Prometheus Press.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (1997). Guidelines for Extrasensory Perception Research. Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press.

Wiseman, R. & Morris, R. L. (1995). Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants. Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press (US edition: Amherst, USA: Prometheus Press).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2005). Parapsychology: A review. In R. Wiseman & C. Watt (Eds.) Parapsychology. Ashgate: UK. International Library of Psychology: Series Editor, Prof. David Canter. Pp xiii-xxiii.

Wiseman, R. (2004). Conjuring. In R. Gregory (Ed). The Oxford Companion To The Mind. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Pp 202-204.

Wiseman, R. (2004). Psychokinesis. In R. Gregory (Ed). The Oxford Companion To The Mind. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Pp 764-765.

Wiseman, R. (2004). Foreword. In J. Houran (Ed.) From Shaman to scientist. Scarecrow Press: USA. pp vii-ix.

Wiseman, R. & O’Keeffe, C. (2003). After-Death Communication Studies. In P. Kurtz (Ed.). Science and Religion: Are they compatible? Pp 231-239.

Wiseman, R. (2001). The Psychology of Psychic Fraud. In R. Roberts & D. Groome (Eds.) Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experiences. London, UK: Arnold. Pp 51-60.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M., & Wiseman, J. (1998). Eyewitness testimony and the paranormal. In K. Frazier (Ed.) Encounters with the Paranormal. Prometheus Books: USA. pp 195-200.

Wiseman, R., West, D, & Stemman, R. (1998). Psychic crime detectives: A new test for measuring their successes and failures. In K. Frazier (Ed.) Encounters with the Paranormal. Prometheus Books:USA. pp 264-269.

Wiseman, R. (1995). Witnesses to the paranormal (how reliable)? In G. Stein (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. Prometheus Books: USA. pp 829-834.

FULL CONFERENCE PAPERS

Schlitz, M., Wiseman, R., Radin, D., & Watt, C.. (2005). Of two minds: Skeptic-proponent collaboration within parapsychology. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA. 171-177.

Watt, C., Schlitz, M., Wiseman, R. & Radin, D. (2005). Experimenter differences in a remote staring study. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA. 256-260.

O’Keeffe, C. & Wiseman, R. (2004). Testing alleged mediumship: Methods and results. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. Vienna. 299-311.

Wiseman R. & Greening, E. (2004). ‘Its still bending’: Verbal suggestion and alleged psychokinetic metal bending. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. Vienna. 279-289.

Wiseman, R. & Watt, C. (2004). Measuring superstitious belief: Why lucky charms matter. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. Vienna. 291-298.

Watt, C., and Wiseman, R. (2002). Belief in the Paranormal, Cognitive Ability and Extrasensory Perception: The Role of Experimenter Effects. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. Paris. 333-345.

Wiseman, R., Watt, C., Greening, E., Stevens, P., and O’Keeffe, C. (2001). An investigation into the alleged haunting of Hampton Court Palace: Psychological variables and magnetic fields. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA. 393-407.

Wiseman, R. and Greening, E. (2001). The Mind Machine. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA. 377-392.

Lamont, P. & Wiseman, R. (1999). The rise and fall of the Indian Rope Trick. . Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA, 270-281.

Wiseman, R. & Schlitz, M. (1999). Replication of experimenter effect and the remote detection of staring. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. USA, 147-153.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M.D. & Seager, P. (1997). Eyewitness testimony for seance phenomena. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. 508-515.

Smith, M.D., Wiseman, R., & Harris, P. (1997). Perceived luckiness and the UK National Lottery. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. UK, 387-398.

Lamont, P & Wiseman, R. (1997). Understanding Misdirection: the pseudo-psychic’s invisible assistant. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. UK, 172-183.

Wiseman, R. & Milton, J. (1997). Experiment One of the SAIC Remote Viewing Program: A critical re-evaluation. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. UK, 493-507.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (1997). Ganzfeld at the crossroads: A meta-analysis of the new generation of studies. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association.UK, 267-282.

Milton, J. & Wiseman, R. (1997). An unbiased method for trial to trial sampling of deterministic randomness sources for ESP experiments. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. UK, 263-266.

Wiseman, R. & Smith, M.D. (1996). Can pets detect when their owners are returning home? An experimental test of the ‘psychic’ pet phenomenon. Proceedings of the 39th Parapsychological Convention, USA, 35-44.

Wiseman, R. & Schlitz, M. (1996). Experimenter effects and the remote detection of staring. Proceedings of the 39th Parapsychological Convention, USA, 149-158.

Smith, M.D., Wiseman, R., Machin, D. & Harris, P. (1996). Luckiness, competition and performance on a psi task. Proceedings of the 39th Parapsychological Convention, USA, 187-196.

Smith, M., Wiseman, R., Harris, P., & Joiner, R. (1995). On being lucky. The formation, maintenance and consequences of perceived luckiness. Proceedings of the 38th Parapsychological Association Convention., USA, 454-460.

Wiseman, R., West, D., & Stemman, R. (1995). An experimental test of psychic detection. Proceedings of the 38th Parapsychological Association Convention., USA, 491-503.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M., Freedman, D., Wasserman, T., & Hurst, C. (1995). Two further experiments concerning the remote detection of an unseen gaze. Proceedings of the 38th Parapsychological Association Convention., USA, 480-490.

Wiseman, R. & Smith, M. D. (1994). Sheep/goat differences: Evidence for cognitive or motivational biases? In Bierman, D. J. (Ed.) Proceedings of Presented Papers, The Parapsychological Association 37th Annual Convention, Holland, 455-464.

Wiseman, R. & Smith, M. D. (1994). A further look at the detection of unseen gaze. In Bierman, D. J. (Ed.) Proceedings of Presented Papers, The Parapsychological Association 37th Annual Convention, Holland, 465-478.

Wiseman, R., Smith, M. D., & Kornbrot, D. (1994). Assessing possible sender-to-experimenter acoustic leakage in the PRL autoganzfeld. In Bierman, D. J. (Ed.) Proceedings of Presented Papers, The Parapsychological Association 37th Annual Convention, Holland,439-454.

Haraldsson, E. & Wiseman, R. (1994). Investigating macro-PK in India. In Bierman, D. J. (Ed.) Proceedings of Presented Papers, The Parapsychological Association 37th Annual Convention, Holland, 147-160.

Dalton, K. S., Morris, R. L., Delanoy, D. L., Radin, D., Taylor, R. & Wiseman, R. (1994). Security measures in an automated ganzfeld system. In Bierman, D. J. (Ed.) Proceedings of Presented Papers, The Parapsychological Association 37th Annual Convention, The Netherlands. 114-123.

Wiseman, R., Harris, P. & Middleton, W. (1993). Luckiness and psi: An initial study. Proceedings of the 36th Parapsychological Association Convention, Canada. 441-455.

Wiseman, R., & Morris, R. L. (1993). Modelling The Stratagems of Psychic Fraud. Proceedings of the 36th Parapsychological Association Convention, Canada. 390-403.

Delanoy, D., Morris, R., Watt, C. & Wiseman, R. (1993). A new method for Free-Response ESP testing. Proceedings of the 36th Parapsychological Association Convention, Canada. 204-221.

Wiseman, R. & Morris, R.L. (1992). Methodological recommendations derived from the ‘Feilding Report’. Proceedings of the 35th Parapsychological Association Convention, USA. 239-250.

Wiseman, R., Beloff, J., & Morris, R. L. (1992). Testing the ESP claims of SORRAT. Proceedings of the 35th Parapsychological Association Convention, USA. 182-193.

Wiseman, R. (1991). Differential recall of a pseudo-psychic demonstration as a function of belief in the paranormal. Proceedings of the 34th Parapsychological Association Convention, Germany. 412-428.