• Dr Ben Alderson-Day on the Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to the psychologist and author of Presence, Ben Alderson-Day, about the universal feeling that someone or something is there when we are alone.

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    Dr. Ben Alderson-Day is an Associate Professor in Psychology and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing at Durham University. A specialist in atypical cognition and mental health, his work spans cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy, and child development.


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