Dr Sigman is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Society of Biology, a recipient of the Chartered Scientist award from the Science Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has recently been invited to address the European Parliament in Brussels on the Quality of Childhood in the European Union later this year.
Dr Sigman has worked on health education campaigns with the Department of Health and acted as advisor to the Institute of Personnel Management on health and psychology issues. He conducts seminars and public speaking. He currently gives talks to schools and parents on the effects of alcohol and other health issues, and he has recently written the Brain and Behaviour column for The Times Educational Supplement magazine.
Dr Sigman's book The
Spoilt Generation, has recently been published.
His previous book was Remotely Controlled: How Television is
Damaging Our Lives, and his health and psychology book Getting Physical
won The Times Educational Supplement's Information Book Award.
In addition Dr Sigman has published scientific papers. Well
Connected?: The Biological Implications of 'Social Networking',
is published in Biologist, Vol 56(1), the journal of the Society of
Biology.
Note: This paper has been misrepresented by some news
reports as claiming that social networking causes cancer or disease.
This is not true. The paper addresses the extent to which time online
may be displacing face-to-face contact, and that lack of social connection
is associated with physiological changes, increased incidence of illness
and higher premature mortality.
His previous paper Visual Voodoo,
on the biological effects associated with watching television, published
in the science journal Biologist, and his talk at the Houses of Parliament,
caused widespread public debate.
Dr Sigman has also written and presented scientific documentaries for
BBC1 and Radio 4 on the scientific basis of faith; the biology of hypnosis;
and on the effects of too much choice, and for Dispatches on Channel
4 on the hidden detrimental effects of moderate dieting.
Dr Sigman travels abroad frequently to observe
various cultures including Bhutan, North Korea, Mali, Borneo, Tonga,
Myanmar (Burma), Irian Jaya (West Papua), Laos, Iran, Vietnam, Bolivia,
Burkina Faso, Far Eastern Siberia, Sumatra, South Korea, Cambodia and
others. Click here to see photos.
