”Try to create an experience for the audience” Matthew Tompkins best advice

Matthew Tompkins from Lund University is a cognitive scientist who used illusions and magic to amaze the audience in the national final of the Swedish Researchers’ Grand Prix in 2022. We interviewed him about his experiences from the competition, his best advice for this year’s participants, and about his passion for magic in psychology.

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Webinar: How to explain your research in just four minutes
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Webinar 31 May: Explain your research in four minutes!

Are you planning on participating in the Researchers’ Grand Prix this year? Or would you just like to be better at explaining what you do at work every day to your friends and family? In May, the Researchers’ Grand Prix is offering a webinar for  researchers on how to communicate their research in a quick and engaging way. The webinar is open to anyone working with research in the public or private sector in Sweden Läs mer


Cognitive scientist wows the audience to win the Swedish Researchers’ Grand Prix 2022

Using illusions and magic, Matthew Tompkins from Lund University amazed the audience with his presentation to win the national final of the Swedish Researchers’ Grand Prix. The final of the contest, in which researchers present their research in just four minutes, was held on 1 December in Stockholm.

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