Matthew Smith was awarded a BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology from
Liverpool Polytechnic and a PhD in Psychology from the University of
Hertfordshire (under the supervision of Professor Richard Wiseman).
His current research is examining experimenter effects in
parapsychology.
He is currently employed as a Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool
Hope University College, England, where he forms part of the
Liverpool Hope Parapsychology Research Group. His research has been
funded by the Bial Foundation, the Perrott-Warrick Fund, the Society
for Psychical Research, and the Parapsychology Foundation. He is the
Deputy Editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research,
and he has acted as a consultant and contributor to various radio
and television programmes in the UK and the USA.
Publications
Smith, M. D. (in press). The challenge of replication and the
'psi-conducive' experimenter. International Journal of
Parapsychology.
Alison, L. J., Smith, M. D., Eastman, O. & Rainbow, L. (2003).
Toulmin's philosophy of argument and its relevance to offender
profiling. Psychology, Crime and Law, 9, 173-183.
Alison, L. J., Smith, M. D. & Morgan, K. (2003). Interpreting the
accuracy of offender profiles. Psychology, Crime and Law, 9,
185-195.
McClenon, J., Roig, M., Smith, M. D., & Ferrier, G. (2003). The
coverage of parapsychology in introductory psychology textbooks:
1990-2002.' Journal of Parapsychology, 67, 167-179.
Smith, M. D. (2003). The role of the experimenter in
parapsychological research. Journal of Consciousness Studies,
10, 69-84.
Smith, M. D. (2003). The psychology of the 'psi-conducive'
experimenter.': Personality, attitudes towards psi, and personal psi
experience. Journal of Parapsychology, 67, 117-128.
Wiseman, R., Greening, E. & Smith, M. D. (2003). Belief in the
paranormal and suggestion in the séance room. British Journal of
Psychology, 94, 285-297.
Smith, M. D. & West, D. J. (2002). Investigating an anomalous human
image on CCTV.
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 66, 41-46.
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.
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.
Smith, M. D., Foster, C. L., & Stovin, G. (1998). Intelligence and
paranormal belief: Examining the role of context. Journal of
Parapsychology, 62, 65-77.
Wiseman, R., Smith, M. D., & Milton, J. (1998). Can pets detect when
their owners are returning home? An experimental test of the
'psychic' pet phenomenon. British Journal of Psychology, 89,
453-462.
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.
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., & Kornbrot, D. (1996). Exploring possible
sender-to-experimenter acoustic leakage in the PRL autoganzfeld
experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 60, 97-128.
Smith, M. D. (1993). The effect of belief in the paranormal and
prior set upon the observation of a 'psychic' demonstration.
European Journal of Parapsychology, 9, 24-34. |
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