All Outputs (72)

Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing (2017)
Journal Article
Holt, N. (2018). Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing. Perspectives in Public Health, 138(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913917739041

© 2017, © Royal Society for Public Health 2017. Aims: To measure the immediate impact of art-making in everyday life on diverse indices of wellbeing (‘in the moment’ and longer term) in order to improve understanding of the psychological mechanisms b... Read More about Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing.

Museums, creativity and wellbeing: Community art groups as a route to health (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. J., Campion, L., & White, F. (2017, September). Museums, creativity and wellbeing: Community art groups as a route to health. Presented at Museums, creativity and wellbeing: Community art groups as a route to health, Bristol, England

The use of art in the community to promote health and happiness is both an ancient and flourishing practice. An example of this in practice is demonstrated by the Bristol Arts on Referral Alliance, where general practitioners in the local area can pr... Read More about Museums, creativity and wellbeing: Community art groups as a route to health.

Using the experience sampling method to evaluate the impact of art-making on well-being in everyday life (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. J. (2017, June). Using the experience sampling method to evaluate the impact of art-making on well-being in everyday life. Paper presented at Culture, Health and Wellbeing Conference, Bristol, England

That involvement in the arts promotes well-being is well-documented (Camic, 2008). The current study aimed to contribute to burgeoning theoretical work on the psychological mechanisms by which artistic involvement might lead to well-being, by examini... Read More about Using the experience sampling method to evaluate the impact of art-making on well-being in everyday life.

Art, creativity and the paranormal (2015)
Book Chapter
Holt, N. J. (2015). Art, creativity and the paranormal. In M. Cardin (Ed.), Ghosts, Spirits and Psychics: The Paranormal from Alchemy to Zombies. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

Hallucinations (2015)
Book Chapter
Holt, N. J. (2015). Hallucinations. In M. Cardin (Ed.), Ghosts, Spirits and Psychics: The Paranormal from Alchemy to Zombies. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

Schizotypy: A creative advantage? (2015)
Book Chapter
Holt, N. J. (2015). Schizotypy: A creative advantage?. In O. Mason, & G. Claridge (Eds.), Schizotypy: New Dimensions (197-214). Oxford: Routledge

Considering different types of creativity and different traits of schizotypy, this chapter reviews the evidence for a link between the two. It is argued that there are multiple connections between schizotypy and creativity, some direct and some indir... Read More about Schizotypy: A creative advantage?.

Comparing artists with controls on a free-response experience-sampling task: Creativity and anomalous cognition (2013)
Journal Article
Holt, N. J. (2013). Comparing artists with controls on a free-response experience-sampling task: Creativity and anomalous cognition. Journal- Society for Psychical Research, 77(1), 1-18

Anomalistic psychology (2012)
Book
Holt, N., Simmonds-Moore, C., Luke, D., & French, C. (2012). Anomalistic psychology. Palgrave Macmillan

The muse in the machine: Creativity, anomalous experiences and mental health (2012)
Book Chapter
Holt, N. (2012). The muse in the machine: Creativity, anomalous experiences and mental health. In C. Simmonds-Moore (Ed.), Exceptional Experience and Health. North Carolina, USA: McFarland

Looking in and speaking out: introspection, consciousness, communication (2011)
Book
Wooffitt, R., & Holt, N. (2011). Looking in and speaking out: introspection, consciousness, communication. Exeter: Imprint Academic

The authors argue it is essential to examine the linguistic and communicative practices that are used in the production of introspective data, and thereby make an important contribution to debates about how we may study experience that are relevant t... Read More about Looking in and speaking out: introspection, consciousness, communication.

Introspective discourse and the poetics of subjective experience (2011)
Journal Article
Wooffitt, R., & Holt, N. (2011). Introspective discourse and the poetics of subjective experience. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 44(2), 135-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2011.567097

This article examines poetic phenomena-rhymes, alliteration, puns-that appear in the introspective reports of people who have taken part in a psychology experiment. We argue that these phenomena are a form of discourse poetics identified in conversat... Read More about Introspective discourse and the poetics of subjective experience.

Does psi operate like latent inhibition? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N., & Simmonds-Moore, C. (2010, July). Does psi operate like latent inhibition?. Poster presented at Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Paris, France

What can creativity research tell us about healthy anomalous experients? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. (2010, July). What can creativity research tell us about healthy anomalous experients?. Paper presented at Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Paris, France

Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association 53rd Annual Convention (2010)
Book
Holt, N. (2010). N. Holt (Ed.), Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association 53rd Annual Convention. New York: Parapsychological Association

Silence and its organization in the pragmatics of introspection (2010)
Journal Article
Wooffitt, R., & Holt, N. (2010). Silence and its organization in the pragmatics of introspection. Discourse Studies, 12(3), 379-406. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445609358520

In this article we examine periods of silence during introspective reports produced during an experimental laboratory procedure. Drawing from conversation analytic research and Sacks's observations on silences, we argue that silences are a significan... Read More about Silence and its organization in the pragmatics of introspection.

Do artists have access to ‘special’ states of consciousness? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. (2010, April). Do artists have access to ‘special’ states of consciousness?. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

Introspection as institutional practice: Reflections on the attempt to capture conscious experience in a parapsychology experiment (2010)
Journal Article
Wooffitt, R., Holt, N., & Allistone, S. (2010). Introspection as institutional practice: Reflections on the attempt to capture conscious experience in a parapsychology experiment. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780880903304568

Parapsychology is the scientific study of claims of anomalous communication, or anomalous cognition, and it is a predominantly experimental and laboratory-based discipline. In this article we examine transcripts of recordings from extra sensory perce... Read More about Introspection as institutional practice: Reflections on the attempt to capture conscious experience in a parapsychology experiment.

Creativity, anomalous experiences and mental health (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. (2009, September). Creativity, anomalous experiences and mental health. Paper presented at Exceptional Experiences, Health and Mental Health, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Belief in the paranormal, creativity and schizotypy: are paranormal beliefs healthy or unhealthy? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N., & Simmonds-Moore, C. (2008, December). Belief in the paranormal, creativity and schizotypy: are paranormal beliefs healthy or unhealthy?. Poster presented at British Psychological Society Clinical Psychology Conference, London, UK

Benign schizotypy: investigating differences between clusters of schizotype on paranormal belief, creativity, intelligence and mental health (2008)
Book Chapter
Holt, N., Simmonds-Moore, C., & Moore, S. (2008). Benign schizotypy: investigating differences between clusters of schizotype on paranormal belief, creativity, intelligence and mental health. In S. Sherwood (Ed.), Proceedings of Presented Papers: The Parapsychological Association 51st Annual Convention (82-96). Parapsycholgical Association