CURRICULUM VITAE - RAY HYMAN

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• Publication Date: June 12, 1995
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CURRICULUM VITAE'
September 1994
Nam: Ray Hyman
Present position: Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Date and place of birth: June 23, 1928
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Academic degrees: 1950 A.B.,Boston University
Phi Beta Kappa
Honors in Psychology
1952 M.A.,Tlmc Johns Hopkins University
1953(Feb) PkD.,The Johns Hopkins Univ.
9sjtlons held:
Jul 1953-Jun 1961 Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, Harvard University
Jul 1958-Jun 1961 Consultant in Behavioral Research, General Electric Company
Sep 1961-Aug 1964 Associate Professor of Psychology. University of Oregon
Sep 1964- Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Sep 1967-Aug 1968 Fulbright-Hays Research Scholar. University of Bologna, Italy
Sep 1976-Dec 1976/Jun I977-Sep 1977/Jun 1978-Sep 1978 NSF Faculty Fellowship in Science Applied to
Societal Problcms
Sep 1982-Jun 1983 Visiting Professor of Psychology, Stanford University (Thomas Welton Stanford Chair for
Psychical Research)
Additionod Poaltions and Fxpadeneei
Mar 1949-Jul 1949 Statistician for antihistamine study, Allergy Fund of Boston
This Ls a very abbreviawd and somewhat modified version of my full resume
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Jan 1053-Jul 1953 Consultant to Systems' Coordination Division, Naval Research aboratory Washington,D.C. ?
Jul 19 7'I -Aug 1974 Subcommittee on Preparing Problem and E amples for Committee on the Mathematical
Training of Social Scientists. Social Science Research Council
Oct 1 955-Jail 1956/Oct 1956-Jan 1957/Oct 1957-1an 1958 Director of Statistical'Workshop for
Psychology Department;' Clark University
Oct 1957-,tun 1958 Statistical Consultant, Age Center 6f New England
1970 to 1975 Statistical Consultant, Rose burg VA Hospital
Some.Current or Recent Positlonsti ' ?
l sxccut ive Council, Committee for the Scienttf' Ic Investigation of Clavais of the Paranormal
l;tliton ial Board, The Skeptical Inquirer
Member of National Research Council's Committee on Techniques for the Enhhancement of Human Performance (1.955-
1991)
Ihtsh, R.R., Abelson, R.P., & Hyman, R. (1956): Mathematics for syeholo~,ists- aamples and problems.
York: Social Science Research Council
Vogt. I :./..,& [Lyman, R, (1979, Revised Edition). Water Witching U.S.A. Chicago: Univ, of Chicago Press:
I lynuut. R. (l'~,60). Some experiments in creativity: New York: General Electric Company (101 pages).
Hyman, R. (1 960). Mrs
Company (204pp).
Hyman, lt. (1964). The nature of ptiycholog 1 iinquay. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall
National Art Education Association
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I lyman, R. (In Preparation). 1=Iow smart people go wrong cogtiitien and hq an error.
I have published over 200 articles is professional journals on perception, pattern recognition, creativity.
problem-solving and critiques of the paranormal-'I consider all my publications as dealing with aspects afmy major ,
inlerc t in human error and deception. I have also published articles is magic journals and.have won awards for
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Public Talks and Media Presentations
Duti ag this period I have given talks to public schools, civic groups, and other organizations. I also have
appeared on several television and radio programs. I serve as a resource to the media on various topics related to the
paranormal, deception, mysticism, the occult, and human error. In this connection I have appeared on all the major
networks, on Cable Network News, the Lany King Live show. Italian Television, Canadian Television, BBC television,
and Ngva. I see these appearances as pert ofmy program to help educate the public about how human cognition both
enables us to cope with problems and makes us susceptible to illusion and deception.
My experience and Credentials Relevant to Alleged Psychic Phenomena
Since 1953, I have been called upon by various governmental agencies to investigate or evaluate paranormal
claims. Some examples would be the evaluation of a lady who allegedly could read with her finger tips; the
evaluation of the claim by a group of engineers that they could teach psychics to gather information from photographs;
the assessment of parapsychological research by American and foreign investigators; and the observation of metal
bending and other alleged miracles by Uri Geller. I have also served as consultant and expert witness in court cases
involving psychics or related paranormal claims. I have appeared on several radio and television programs in the United
States, Great Britain, Canada and Italy to comment upon paranormal claims and to demonstrate how alleged paranormal
phenomena can be duplicated by simple trickery and psychological manipulation.
I earned my way through college performing mentalism and reading palms. I have demonstrated psychic
readings on several television and radio shows. I have done research and written articles an why people can falsely
believe that their psychic readings were accurate and depended upon occult information. I have been invited to the
Euroskeptics' conference in Ostende, Belgium to conduct a workshop on psychic readings at the end of September,
1994.
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