This summer we took festival goers at Shambala on a voyage into how nature affects their minds. Holly, our assistant producer, delves into the science behind Meditate on Nature. Is tree hugging - an activity once associated with wizard-length beards and tie-dyed hemp clothing...
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Psychologist and attraction expert Viren Swami returns to host Attraction Lab at The Book Club in London, where guests will discover how the senses play a bigger role than they might think in shaping perceptions of each other. In this guest post, he shares a taster of what's to come. attraction • Dating • Events • Food • GS UK • Guest Blog • psychology • sensory speed dating • Sex

In the age of digital information overload and with outrageous claims flying around, knowing the difference between fact and fiction is becoming tricky. To help unpick these we ran a Fake News pub quiz at The Book Club in Shoreditch. Aided and abetted by political psychologist Keith O’Brien...
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We held a series of debates at the Secret Garden Party festival that explored the neuroscience behind politics, the psychology of celebrities, and what we know about consciousness science. Luke Muscutt facilitated the discussions - he summarises what we learned about ourselves, each-other and the...
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Political psychologist Keith O'Brien joined us at the Secret Garden Party festival to talk about what's really been going on in the world. This month, he's back to co-host our Have I Got Fake News For You quiz. We asked Keith to tell us more about his work... ‘The voters got it...
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On July 2017, Guerilla Science hosted a slew of talks at Secret Garden Party 2017 exploring the science of celebrity, fame, and media. Naturally, we had to cover conspiracy theories and Viren Swami, professor of social psychology, was on hand to explore what makes conspiracy theories so...
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This summer, Guerilla Science will hold lessons in lucid dreaming at Citadel festival in London, Secret Garden Party festival in Cambridgeshire, and later in winter at The Book Club in London. Get to know Josie Malinowski, the scientist hosting these sessions, in this exclusive Q&A. brains • Dreams • Festivals • GSUK • lucid dreaming • psychology • Sleep

Researcher, photographer and urban explorer, Bradley L Garrett, joins us for a one-of-a-kind listening experiment to understand how a building’s soundscape changes and affects our sense of wellbeing.  What impact does vertical architecture have on our sonic experience of the city?...
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To accompany Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich's Dalston House installation in East London, the Barbican commissioned Guerilla Science to run a two-day workshop to explore the optical illusions that are a common feature of Erlich's work. We teamed up with psychologists...
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