Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint

Canberra Skeptics lecture: TOO EASY TO BELIEVE? Skepticism and the Psychology of Suggestibility

Apr ’11
13
6:00 pm

Speaker: Dr Krissy Wilson
Location: Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Road, ANU
Cost: Free

Dr Krissy Wilson will review the nature, mechanism and psychological impact of suggestibility, including hypnotic suggestibility and how this relates, for example, to false memories.

Dr Wilson is a graduate of the University of London. Formerly at the University of Tasmania, she now teaches at Charles Sturt University.

No need to book but note that theatre hold 106.

Dinner will follow the lecture (venue tbc). To RSVP for the dinner please contact ua.gro.scitpeksnull@liam.

For further information about Canberra Skeptics please visit our website.

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