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'''Aric Sigman''' is a [[psychologist]] |
'''Aric Sigman''' is a [[psychologist]]. He has a degree in psychology and a Ph.D.<ref name="AS">{{cite web |url=http://www.aricsigman.com/ |title=Bio |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher=Aricsigman.com |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> |
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Sigman was born in the United States into a [[Jewish family]]. His father and grandfather were both professors of medicine.<ref name="JC">{{cite web |url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/the-simon-round-interview/20747/interview-aric-sigman |title=Interview: Aric Sigman |last1=Round |first1=Simon |last2= |first2= |date=8 October 2009 |website= |publisher=Jewish Chronicle |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> He has lived in Britain since 1973.<ref name="JC"/> |
Sigman was born in the United States into a [[Jewish family]]. His father and grandfather were both professors of medicine.<ref name="JC">{{cite web |url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/the-simon-round-interview/20747/interview-aric-sigman |title=Interview: Aric Sigman |last1=Round |first1=Simon |last2= |first2= |date=8 October 2009 |website= |publisher=Jewish Chronicle |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> He has lived in Britain since 1973.<ref name="JC"/> |
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In 1982, he released a 45 single on Savman Productions with A-side track "Come On" and the B-side track "I am a Nerd," both performed in a new wave, synth style. The latter track became a cult classic{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}, with lyrics about a science-oriented, math scholar who has a penchant for computers. |
In 1982, he released a 45 single on Savman Productions with A-side track "Come On" and the B-side track "I am a Nerd," both performed in a new wave, synth style. The latter track became a cult classic{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}, with lyrics about a science-oriented, math scholar who has a penchant for computers. |
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Dr Aric Sigman has been labeled as a "pseudoscientist"<ref>http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/cherry-picking-is-bad-at-least-warn-us-when-you-do-it/#more-2385 |
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</ref> and accused of "cherry picking scientific literature". His essays have been described as fanciful<ref>http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/the-evidence-aric-sigman-ignored/</ref>, and deliberately incomplete. His articles, such as Facebook Causes Cancer, have been sharply criticized for their omissions by scientists such as Dr Ben Goldacre<ref>http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/the-evidence-aric-sigman-ignored/</ref>. In an article in the Guardian in 2011, his paper in the Biologist was described as "misrepresenting individual studies" by Professor Dorothy Bishop<ref>http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/cherry-picking-is-bad-at-least-warn-us-when-you-do-it/#more-2385</ref>. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 13:09, 6 March 2017
Aric Sigman is a psychologist. He has a degree in psychology and a Ph.D.[1]
Sigman was born in the United States into a Jewish family. His father and grandfather were both professors of medicine.[2] He has lived in Britain since 1973.[2]
He has made many appearances on TV. For instance, he appeared in 1994 in the role of an Agony Uncle giving advice to children on the Saturday Morning children's programme Live & Kicking.[3] He is quite involved in the field of health education. He lectures in schools on the subject of PSHE (Personal, social health and economic) education.[1]
He has published medical journal articles and has authored books too. These have centred on subjects such as alcoholism, eating disorders, parental corporal punishment, and the influence on children of hours spent in front of an electronic screen such as a TV or computer. He is a frequent traveller, hoping to learn about different cultures, and often volunteer teaches on his travels.[1]
Sigman works independently in health education lecturing at medical schools including University College London and to NHS doctors. He is a Chartered Biologist, Fellow of the Society of Biology, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Scientist awarded by the Science Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is a peer reviewer for the medical journal Acta Paediatrica.[4]
In 1982, he released a 45 single on Savman Productions with A-side track "Come On" and the B-side track "I am a Nerd," both performed in a new wave, synth style. The latter track became a cult classic[citation needed], with lyrics about a science-oriented, math scholar who has a penchant for computers.
Controversy
" Dr Aric Sigman has been labeled as a "pseudoscientist"[5] and accused of "cherry picking scientific literature". His essays have been described as fanciful[6], and deliberately incomplete. His articles, such as Facebook Causes Cancer, have been sharply criticized for their omissions by scientists such as Dr Ben Goldacre[7]. In an article in the Guardian in 2011, his paper in the Biologist was described as "misrepresenting individual studies" by Professor Dorothy Bishop[8].
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Bio". Aricsigman.com.
- ^ a b Round, Simon (8 October 2009). "Interview: Aric Sigman". Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ "Live and kicking" (TV). BBC. 12 March 1994.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|people=(help) - ^ "Aric Sigman". http://www.psychreg.com/. Psychreg. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/cherry-picking-is-bad-at-least-warn-us-when-you-do-it/#more-2385
- ^ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/the-evidence-aric-sigman-ignored/
- ^ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/the-evidence-aric-sigman-ignored/
- ^ http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/cherry-picking-is-bad-at-least-warn-us-when-you-do-it/#more-2385