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Professor Geoffrey Beattie is a psychologist at the University of Manchester. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Geoffrey was awarded the Spearman Medal by the BPS for ‘published psychological research of outstanding merit’ and was President of the Psychology section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (2005—2006).

Professor Beattie is widely regarded as one of the leading international figures on nonverbal communication and has published 16 books, many of which have either won or been short-listed for major national or international prizes . He was the resident psychologist on all ten Big Brother series and on the ITV2 series Ghost Hunting With...(shown on ITV, 2008). Geoff has also presented a number of television programmes for BBC1, Channel 4 and UKTV Style (including Life’s Too Short, Family SOS, Dump Your Mates in Four Days and The Farm of Fussy Eaters).

Professor Beattie’s academic publications have appeared in a wide variety of international journals including Nature, Semiotica and the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. He has also written for a diverse range of newspapers and magazines including: The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Mail, Metro News, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer, The New Statesman and Marie Claire.

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