BSA event timeline

Events in previous festivals

2016

• 'The Power of Storybooks' by Jessica Horst

• 'The Voice' by Carolyn McGettigan (Charles Darwin Award Lecture for Agricultural, Biological and Medical Sciences)

• 'Why we laugh' by Sophie Scott

• 'False memories: Abuse and the brain'

• 'Inside the Dyslexic brain' by John Stein

• 'OCD: Living with a monster' by Uta Frith

• 'Are you a super-recogniser' by Sarah Bate

• 'Pardon my french'

• 'Split second timing: Decision making in Sport' by Vince Walsh

• 'In your dreams' by Mark Blagrove

• 'Memory's time code: Spaced learning' by Paul Kelley

2013

• 'Babies are linguistic geniuses'

• 'Polygraph on trial'

• 'A wave of fear: sailing the seas of anxiety'

• 'More than meets the eye: demonstrations in human perception'

• 'How to make a human mind from a chimpanzee mind'

• 'Mould your brain: the plasticity of mind'

• 'Broken trust and damages minds'

• 'Tsunamis in the brain: the science and sociology of epilepsy'

2012

• 'Animal Mind, Human Mind '

• 'Why don't we eat as we intend' by the Health Psychology Group of Aberdeen University

• 'How the body shapes the mind'

• T'he Psychological Science Observatory'

• 'Why do some people become psychopaths?' by Essi Viding

• 'In the blink of an eye: attention and the mind'

• 'Who are you? The psychology of consciousness'

• 'Dating, mating & relating: the science of attraction'

2010

• 'Understanding the mind through the damaged brain' by Jane Riddoch

• 'The new psychology of leadership' by Alex Haslam

• 'The Psychological Science Observatory' by Padraic Monaghan

• 'From Pavlov to present' by Jasper Robinson

• 'How do scientists find out what babies think?' by Ian Apperly

• 'I met a man who wasn't there: The nature of hallucinations' by Peter Naish

2009

• 'The social cure, why group life is central to our health and well-being' by Alex Haslam

• 'The expression of the emotions in man and animals' by Tony Manstead

• 'The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex' by Tania Saxton & Dave Perrett

• 'Sleep, body rhythms and psychology: genes, brains, and behaviour' by Derk-Jan Dijk

• 'What computers have shown us about the mind' by Mike Burton & Padraic Monaghan

• 2009 report for 'The Psychologist' done by Andy Ellis.

2008

• 'Faces, brains and words' by Andy Ellis

• 'Understanding and managing pathways to terrorism' by Clifford Stott

• 'Alcohol, binge drinking, and cognitive processes' by Matt Field

2007

• 'The mystery of consciousness' by Peter Naish

• 'Foetal testosterone and child development' by Simon Baron-Cohen

• 'Psychological Science in Society' by Clifford Stott

• 'Reading and human progress: from laboratory to classroom' by Maggie Snowling

• 'What eye movements tell us about the brain and language' by Gerry Altmann

2006

• 'The truth about hypnosis' by Peter Naish

• 'Communicating without words' by Geoffrey Beattie

• 'Crime: Investigation, Prevention and detection' by Amina Memon

• 'Solving problems and making decisions' by Peter Naish

• 'The emotions' by Kim Bard

2005

• 'Primate Social Cognition' by Kim Bard

• 'Images of the mind: Bumps, blueprints and brains' by Elaine Funnell

• 'A carnival of the senses: How the human senses influence each other' by Fiona Newell

• 'The Problem of Prejudice: From Neighbourhoods to Neurones' by Miles Hewstone

• 'Knowing yourself better: psychological investigations of the ego' by Catriona Morrison & Chris Moulin

2004

• 'Fear, loathing and anger in the brain' by Andy Calder

• 'Muddles of the mind' by Elaine Funnell

• 'ADHD: disorder of the mind or disorder of society' by Eric Taylor

• 'Making a difference: psychology in the classroom' by Peter Evans (broadcaster)

• 'Psychological factors in student achievement and wellbeing' by Elaine Funnell

• 'The challenge of hypnosis' by Peter Naish