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Research Interests
His research interest are around understanding the nature of anomalous experiences and includes research on the psychology of paranormal belief and of deception and the phenomenology of paranormal experience as well as experimental approaches to test claims for extrasensory perception and psychokinesis, particularly where they involve psychological factors. Recent research has been concerned with unconscious measures of psi and predicting performance using a composite personality measure called ‘lability’.
Supervision
Lucy Atkinson; Psychology
The impact of cognitive processes on input enhancement techniques
Zak Baldwin; Psychology
An investigation into the effects of action video-games and gaming interfaces on visual selective attention and age-related cognitive decline
Lesley Kalish; Regent's University
What types of psychological interventions do psychotherapists find effective when working with patients presenting with Medically Unexplained Symptoms?
Louise King; Psychology
A Transpersonal Understanding of Spiritual Experiences in Individuals with Epilepsy.
Sofia Machado; Psychology
Induced near-death experiences in healthy volunteers: Phenomenology, psychophysiology, and after-effects.
Chetak Nangare; Psychology
Parapsychology and Buddhism -- to afford a comparison between descriptions of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and in parapsychological research.
Erika Pratte
Therapeutic approaches toward integrating near death experiences
Alex Wilson; Psychology
The Transformative Nature of Altered States of Consciousness in Youth Subculture.
Teaching Interests
Chris teaches on the undergraduate modules PSY3007: Parapsychology and the psychology of anomalous experience, PSY2005: Research methods and data analysis, and PSY2003: Independent practical work and contributes to MSc modules PSYM021: Neuroscience and Consciousness, PSYM029: Spirituality and Health, and PSYM013: Analysing and Reporting Quantitative Research.
External Roles
Chris is President of the Society for Psychical Research and the International Affiliate for England of the Parapsychology Foundation. He is Past President of the Parapsychological Association and past-chair of the British Psychological Society's Transpersonal Psychology Section. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Parapsychology and for the Transpersonal Psychology Review. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. He is a member of the Bial Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, University of Northampton
2007 → 2009
Award Date: 1 Jul 2009
PhD, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Nov 1995
Bachelor, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jul 1989
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Projects
Research programme to explore the psychology of mediumship
1/10/19 → 1/10/23
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
Investigation of the phenomenology and impact of spontaneous After-Death Communications (ADCs)
12/02/18 → 12/02/20
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
Research Output
Clinical parapsychology: The interface between anomalous experiences and psychological wellbeing
Roe, C., 15 Mar 2020, Spirituality and Wellbeing: Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of religious experience and health. Schmidt, B. E. & Leonardi, J. (eds.). Sheffield: Equinox Publishing Ltd, p. 44-63 20 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter
Flow, liminality, and eudaimonia: Pagan ritual practice as a gateway to a life with meaning
Sonnex, C., Roe, C. & Roxburgh, E. C., 5 Jun 2020, In : Journal of Humanistic Psychology.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Open Access
File
Performance at a precognitive remote viewing task, with and without ganzfeld stimulation: Three experiments
Roe, C., Cooper, C., Hickinbotham, L., Hodrien, A., Kirkwood, L. & Martin, H., 28 May 2020, In : Journal of Parapsychology. 84, 1, p. 38-65 28 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Testing the Pagan Prescription: Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate Pagan Spell-Casting as a Form of Noncontact Healing
Sonnex, C., Roe, C. & Roxburgh, E. C., 11 Mar 2020, In : Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 26, 3, p. 219-225 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Response to Howard (2018): Comments on ‘A Meta-Reanalysis of Dream-ESP Studies’
Roe, C. A., Storm, L., Rock, A., Sherwood, S. & Tressoldi, P., 30 Apr 2019, In : International Journal of Dream Research. 12, 1, p. 147-152 6 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/Debate
Investigating practitioners' perceptions of the role of spirituality in osteopathic practice using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Bacon, S. & Roe, C. A., 1 Sep 2018, In : International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 29, p. 3-9 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Open Access
File
A mixed-methodological analysis into Ayahuasca users from Western society; Parapsychological and transpersonal psychological perspectives
Ryan, J., Roe, C. A. & Smith, L-A., 22 Jul 2017.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
File
Anomalous post-death encounters and their positive impact on experients
Cooper, C. E., Roe, C. A. & Mitchell, G., 6 Apr 2017.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
Open Access
File
Activities
2nd British Auto-ethnography Conference: Auto-ethnography: Reading the Body and Writing the Self
Louise Spiers (Participant), Chris Roe (Participant) & Elizabeth C Roxburgh (Participant)
30 Oct 2015 → 31 Oct 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Examining what cognitive mechanisms make spontaneous post-death phenomena therapeutic for the bereaved
Callum Cooper (Speaker), Chris Roe (Speaker) & Graham Mitchell (Speaker)
19 Jul 2015
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
Joint Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Society (58th) and the Society for Psychical Research (39th) (PA-SPR 2015)
Lesley-Ann Smith (Participant), Johnny Ryan (Participant), Chris Roe (Participant) & Callum Cooper (Participant)
19 Jul 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
19th Annual Transpersonal Psychology Section Conference
Kimberley Sheffield (Participant), Graham Smith (Participant), Chris Roe (Participant) & Alasdair Gordon-Finlayson (Participant)
19 Sep 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Investigating pagan healing spells
Chris Roe (Speaker), Charmaine Sonnex (Speaker) & Elizabeth C Roxburgh (Speaker)
22 Jul 2015 → 24 Jul 2015
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Symposium › Research
58th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association and the 39th Society for Psychical Research International Annual Conference
Charmaine Sonnex (Participant), Chris Roe (Participant) & Elizabeth C Roxburgh (Participant)
19 Jul 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Exploring People’s Experiences of Telephone Telepathy: A Qualitative Study
Chris Roe (Author) & Lesley-Ann Smith (Author)
16 Jul 2015
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
File
British Psychological Society Transpersonal Psychology Section 19th Annual Conference
Callum Cooper (Participant), Chris Roe (Participant) & Graham Mitchell (Participant)
19 Sep 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research