David Vernon, BSc, PhD, was a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK where he currently lectures on Neuropsychology, Brain and Mind and Anomalous Cognition.
He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and the Bial Foundation, as well as a board member of the Parapsychological Association and a member of the Council of the Society for Psychical Research. He has also taken on the role of Web Events Chair for the Society for Psychical Research.
He has a background in cognitive neuropsychology and has published scientific articles focusing on electroencephalographic biofeedback, creative problem solving and more recently precognition. He is currently conducting research on experimental tests of extrasensory perception such as precognition, scopaesthesia and telepathy. He is particularly interested in the field of human consciousness and specifically what the findings from psychic/parapsychological research can tell us about consciousness.
David's homepage: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/science-engineering-and-social-sciences/psychology-politics-and-sociology/Staff/Profile.aspx?staff=79bdff94814a4038 [External link]
David served as Editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research from 2018 to 2020 and has assumed this role again from 2024.