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Chris French (Christopher Charles French) was born on 6 April, 1956 in England, United Kingdom, is a Psychologist specialising in paranormal beliefs (born 1956). Discover Chris French's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Occupation Psychologist
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 6 April, 1956
Birthday 6 April
Birthplace England, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1956

Christopher (Chris) Charles French (born 1956) is a British psychologist who is prominent in the field of anomalistic psychology, with a focus on the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences.

In addition to his academic activities, French frequently appears on radio and television to provide a skeptical perspective on paranormal claims.

1996

In August 1996, he organised and chaired an integrated paper session on the topic of The Psychology of Paranormal and Pseudoscientific Beliefs at the XXVI International Congress of Psychology in Montreal.

He also contributed to a symposium on The Psychology of Anomalous Experience at the British Science Association annual British Science Festival at the University of Birmingham in September 1996.

1997

In July 1997, he chaired a symposium on The Psychology of Paranormal Belief at the Fifth European Congress of Psychology in Dublin.

1998

He presented a paper at a conference on Paranormal and Superstitious Beliefs: A Skeptical Examination at Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday 13, November, 1998.

1999

In February 1999, he contributed to a symposium of the Royal Statistical Society (which he co-organised).

In July 1999, he co-organised and presented a paper at a half-day conference on Parapsychology: Current Status and Future Prospects at Goldsmiths College and gave a paper at the Sixth European Congress of Psychology in Rome.

2000

He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, which he founded in 2000.

French emphasizes the importance of understanding why people believe in the paranormal and advocates for taking these claims seriously to explore the underlying psychological factors involved.

He has conducted research on various paranormal phenomena, including psychic abilities, ghosts, UFO abductions, and astrology.

French is also involved in academia, teaching courses on psychology, parapsychology, and pseudoscience.

He has published numerous articles and chapters in reputable psychology journals and has presented his work at conferences and symposia.

French is also active in science communication, having served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic magazine and written columns for The Guardian newspaper.

He has made numerous appearances on science programs, documentaries, and discussion panels to discuss skeptical perspectives on paranormal phenomena.

After French completed his PhD he taught adult education classes in which he also addressed astrology and extrasensory perception.

French is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is head of their Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit which he founded in 2000.

On the importance of anomalistic psychology he said in an interview on The Skeptic Zone,"Opinion poll after opinion poll tell us that the majority of population, in one way or another, do express belief in the paranormal. Most people, in any survey, will endorse at least one paranormal claim. Now, either that means that paranormal forces really do exist, or it's telling us something really interesting about human psychology. So, either way, we should definitely take these types of claims seriously and try to understand what is going on."

The focus of his current research is the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences.

In addition to academic activities, such as conference presentations and invited talks in other departments, he frequently appears on radio and television presenting a sceptical view of paranormal claims.

He has been consulted as an expert on a wide range of such claims including psychic abilities, recovered memory, telepathy, faith healing, past life regression, ghosts, UFO abductions, out-of-body experiences, astrology and so on.

French teaches a course entitled Psychology, Parapsychology and Pseudoscience as part of the BSc (Hons) Psychology programmes at both Goldsmiths College and Birkbeck College.

He is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

2001

In February 2001, he gave an invited presentation to the Institute for Cultural Research at the Royal Society of Medicine and he has organised two symposia at major conferences (Glasgow, March 2001; London, July 2001).

In 2001, French tested the effects of crystal healing with the results suggesting that they are largely placebo effects.

80 volunteers were given a questionnaire to gauge their level of belief about paranormal phenomena.

Later they were given what they were told was a genuine crystal, and asked to meditate for 10 minutes and then report the sensations they experienced.

Half of the subjects had actually been given fake plastic crystals instead.

French found no difference between the feelings reported between the two groups.

2004

In 2004, French and colleagues conducted an experiment involving electromagnetic fields (EMF) and extremely low frequency sound waves (infrasound) phenomena that have been associated with allegedly haunted locations, the experiment did not establish a causal relationship between these phenomena and experiences of the subjects.

2008

A study, led by French and published in 2008, explored the psychology of people who believed they had been abducted by aliens.

2009

He presided over a relaunch, in 2009, in which the magazine expanded to 40 pages and assembled an editorial advisory board, including many big names (e.g. Tim Minchin, Stephen Fry, Richard Wiseman, Simon Singh).

From 2009 to 2016, French has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper exploring scepticism and anomalistic psychology.

2010

In January 2010, French was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

French, Richard Wiseman and Stuart Ritchie each tried to replicate Daryl Bem's claim about psychic powers independently and failed at publishing their findings in high-profile journals.

This is a common problem with publishing negative results, as novel research is more sought-after.

They subsequently submitted their paper to PLOS One, an open access journal, of which's concept French became a supporter.

French is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic (UK) magazine.

2014

During his 2014 interview for the Skeptic Zone Podcast, Chris acknowledged that, as a sceptic, he believed in paranormal activities until he became more aware of the psychology behind why people believe, a point made clear to him through a book written by Professor of Psychology James Alcock:"I kind of fell into this trap myself...I used to be a believer, a true believer until quite well into my adulthood. And it was reading one particular book by James Alcock, called 'Parapsychology: Science or Magic,' that made me realize there was another way of explaining all these unusual experiences, and one that actually made a lot of sense to me!"

He has authored or co-authored over 80 articles and chapters dealing with a wide variety of subjects in psychology, his work has been published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, the British Journal of Psychology and the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.