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Dr Aric Sigman is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Member of the Institute of Biology. He has conducted research on a range of subjects, from the use of psychosurgery, to the effects of hypnosis on the brain and autonomic nervous system. Dr Sigman has worked on health education campaigns with the Department of Health and acted as advisor to the Institute of Personnel Management on health and psychology issues. Dr Aric Sigman is the author of - Remotely Controlled - published by Random House on the physical and psychological damage caused by watching television. exploring the effects of blobbing in front of the television screen providing some convincing evidence to support his findings which although obvious are still unsettling to see so clearly stated. Dr Sigman builds a strong case for regarding the subject as one of the major health issues of our generation. He challenges us to seek out activities other than those involving a TV screen and to provide guidelines for limiting our own and our children’s television viewing. Dr Sigman will be giving a talk on this subject at the Kingston Readers' Festival 2006 on the 27th April. Dr Sigman has written and presented
scientific documentaries for BBC1 and Radio 4 on the scientific basis
of faith; the biology of hypnosis; and on the effects of too much choice,
and for Dispatches on Channel 4 on the hidden detrimental effects of
moderate dieting. His health and psychology book Getting Physical won
The Times Educational Supplement's Information Book Award.
Dr Sigman
continues to appear on programmes including Radio 4’s Today and
The Moral Maze as well as on BBC World Service World Update, Outlook
and Europe Today, ITN and BBC1 News and Newsnight.
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