Stuart Derbyshire

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Stuart Derbyshire in 2007

Stuart Derbyshire is an academic and is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmental LM network, having written for Living Marxism, written for Spiked, , adjudicated for Debating Matters, spoken on 14 Battle of Ideas panel appearances, spoken at a Manchester Salon, consulted for the pro-choice forum and is a spokesperson for Academics For Academic Freedom. According to a former online CV Derbyshire was the 'Science correspondent' for LM magazine from July 1994 and then undertook the same role for its successor Spiked from 2000 onwards.

Current and Recent Roles

Derbyshire has been an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore since July 2013, where he has a joint position at the Clinical Imaging Research Centre. He has also Judged for Debating Matters and written for Spiked since 2000 and has sat on the editorial board for the journal 'Contemporary Hypnosis' since February 2010. He has also been an Editorial Board member for Pain (since January 2009), Psychosomatic Medicine (since February 2008), Hospital Imaging & Radiology Europe (since August 2007), and psycCRITIQUES (since March 2007). In addition he has been the Associate Editor of the Pain and Imaging Section of the Journal of Cancer Pain (since January 2004), a study section member & ad-hoc reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (since 199), and a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (since 1997). He has been a member of the Association for Psychosomatic Society since 2009 and has spoken at at least two events organised by the Manchester Salon. The first of these in 2009 involved a discussion on behavioural economics, whilst the second, in 2011, was entitled 'I feel your pain: human and animal suffering'. Around this time (2009-2010) he was consulted extensively for Beattie McGuiness Bungay, and also consulted for the University of Birmingham at Alabama (2008-2013). He was also a consultant for the Innovative Medicines Initiative joint undertaking between the European Union and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) from 2008-2009. Prior to this he contributed to the Science and Technology Committee report on abortion law, in October 2007, was a member of the RCOG Working Party on Fetal Awareness in June 2006, and Testified before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in January 2005

Previous Roles

Academic From May 2005 to july 2013 derbyshire was a Reader in Psychology & director of the pain laboratory at Birmingham University Imaging Centre (BUIC) and and Adjunct professor in the department of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Before this he was Secondary Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Primary Assistant Professor (Primary) in the Department of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh from August 2004 - May 2005. From September 2000 to August 2004 he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology before which he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California (July 1998-August 2000).

Memberships, Consultancies and associations According to a (circa) 2009 version of his CV he was a founding member of the Pain and Genetics Special Interest Group for the American Pain Society in May 2004. In March 2004 he testified in opposition to House Bill 1315 before the Virginia State Senate, and consulted for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia until August 2005. He also consulted for the New York Civil Liberties Association from February 2004 until August 2005, prior to which he began a role on the website editorial board for the American Pain Society, which continued from January 2003 until January 2007. Between 2002-2010 he was also a consultant for the LM Network linked Pro-Choice Forum. In March 1996 he also gave evidence to the Rawlinson Commission of Inquiry into Fetal Sentience. He worked for Living Marxism as their Science Editor from June 1994 until at least March 1999.

Research Interests

Derbyshire's main research interests have been in the areas of neuroimaging and pain. His main focus, according to his staff profile at the National University of Singapore, 'is to understand pain without touch and he has used hypnosis, visual illusions and priming to generate pain without touch in both normal volunteers and patients with chronic pain'. His research funders have included the Medical research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the Wellcome Trust. His profile on the website ORC experts (an online business-to-business expert knowledge sharing service) states his:

research is mainly concerned with the nature of pain, especially pain that occurs in the absence of identifiable pathology. Consequently, his research abuts psychology, cognitive science, and philosophical ethics...Current research involves both theoretical and empirical research on the nature of pain and the possible causes of a rising incidence of pain or other somatic illness in the absence of identifiable pathology and in the context of improving health and longevity. He is also involved in work to understand implicit influences on health and consumer behaviour and has extensive experience with priming procedures and implicit measure of preference (such as the IAT). Last year, Expert consulted for Carling and Center Parcs on these issues. He has been a member of research faculty at the Universities of Pittsburgh and California, Los Angeles and is currently a Reader in Psychology at the Expert's University, UK, and also the director of pain research at the Birmingham University Imaging Centre. His work is funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council

History of Funding

• 2000 - 2005 - Stuart Derbyshire collaborated with Dr. Anthony Jones (University of Manchester), on the project entitled: Brain mechanisms of pain perception in musculoskeletal disorders and their modulation by pharmacological intervention. Received funding from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council Programme Grant. Direct Costs: £825,000.
• 2002 - 2003 - Stuart Derbyshire was PI on the project entitled: Function-specific brain networks in pain processing. Received funding from University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology (Seed Grant). Direct Costs: $8000
• 2003 - 2005 - Stuart Derbyshire was PI on the project entitled: Central generators of functional pain revealed through brain imaging. Received funding from the Pittsburgh Foundation and John F. and Nancy A. Emmerling Fund for Research in Mental Disorders. Direct Costs: $125,152.
• 2003 - 2005 - Stuart Derbyshire was PI on the project entitled: Central mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia. Received funding from the Competitive Medical Research Fund. Direct Costs: $25,000.
• 2003 - 2005 - Stuart Derbyshire collaborated with Dr. Igor Galynker, Beth Israel on the project entitled: Functional magnetic resonance imaging of pain processing in opiate dependence . Received funding from the Singer-Hellman Foundation. Direct Costs: $39,000.
• 2004 - 2008 - Stuart Derbyshire was PI on the project entitled: Geriatric Incontinence: The Brain-Bladder Connection. Received funding from the National Institutes of Health. Direct Costs: $100,000.

Views

Media Presence

Derbyshire has been referenced in the media around 92 times on a variety of issues, with the main topic he is referenced on being issues surrounding fetal pain and abortion (around 40). The next most frequent topic he has been asked to comment on relates to the ability of people to 'physically feel images of pain' (14), followed by 'mobile phone use in hospitals' (11 (9 of which were written with fellow LM Network associate Adam Burgess)), 'back-pain' and 'alternative medicine' (6), 'University education in decline' (6), the idea of 'NUDGE parenting' (6), 'hypnosis and pain' (3), 'Animal research' (3 (1 written with fellow LM Network associate Mick Hume)), 'smart drugs' (2), HIV/AIDS (1), computer games (1), and risk management (1).

On Pain

His main prominence in the media has clearly been in relation to foetal experiences of pain. He argues that it is only with experience that pain can be understood, and thus it is highly improbable that a foetus can feel pain. He also argues in favour of vivisection for the same reason, arguing animals are incapable of experiencing pain in a human sense, which incorporates an understanding of the self and an ability to comprehend hypothetical future scenarios as a result of pain, highlighting a psychological component to the experience of pain. Similarly his research regarding the demonstration that people can physically feel pain through watching videos or images of others experiencing pain seeks to highlight the subjective aspects of pain.

Mobile phone use

Whilst Derbyshire appears to have carried out academic research for most of the topics he has been referenced on in the media, he appears to have carried out no academic research other than a short piece conducted with Adam Burgess, also of the LM Network, entitled ‘use of mobile phones in hospitals’, in which they argue against restrictions placed on mobile phones in hospitals due to interference with hospital machinery, which they argue is unfounded. Interestingly, this report was often cited in the media under a byeline which suggested that doctors were calling for these bans to be removed. However, the only people referenced in these articles appeared to be both Derbyshire and Burgess, or one or the other. Whilst they are doctors in the academic sense, they are not doctors in the medical sense, making it unclear to whom the byelines refer.

Writing for Living Marxism/LM (1994-1999)

Derbyshire wrote 10 articles for Living Marxism/LM and 2 commentaries between 1994 and 1999, as their Science editor, writing about the possibilities of drugs which could enhance human potential, Aids (4), a book review, genetics' influence on personality and intelligence (3), whether a fetus can feel pain, and animal research (1).

On 'Wonder drugs'

Somewhere in between the two competing ideas - of drugs as a simple cure for illness on the one hand, and cosmetic pharmacology on the other - lies the real possibility of using drugs to improve the brain's basic mechanisms, such as laying down memories and holding attention...The possibility of drugs that can enhance achievement is considered problematic by the critics because they have a low opinion of most people's ability to control their own actions. In today's climate, it is fine to say drugs can change your personality, it is fine to propose tranquillising people to make them 'comfortable' with their uncomfortable circumstances. But a hint that drugs could enhance everybody's potential is frowned upon

On HIV/AIDS

Writing for LM Derbyshire suggests that the fears surrounding the spread of HIV/AIDS were a moral crusade to prevent sexual promiscuity:

Across the West, the notion of a heterosexual Aids explosion was promoted by governments and moralists who saw it as a potent weapon with which to encourage young people to stay on the sexual straight and narrow. Across the West, the notion of a heterosexual Aids explosion was promoted by governments and moralists who saw it as a potent weapon with which to encourage young people to stay on the sexual straight and narrow

On genes and personal responsibility

He argues it will never be possible to attribute human action to genes alone:

Any attempt to link genetic difference in a causal way to behavioural difference is bound to fail. Human behaviour does not have the same biological element as human health. A key difference is that human behaviour, at root, contains the element of motivation. This motivation is both common to all humans, and yet different to each and every individual. Individual aspirations are shaped by historical context, and by personal experience. It follows that genetic variety, or even genetic defect, cannot in any way cause something that is of a non-biological character

He also argues that research should be carried out into the possibility of manipulating genes towards improving intelligence through genetics:

So this is the scientific story so far: family studies indicate that genes play a role in variation in intelligence, but we do not as yet know which genes, or how many, are involved. Finding these genes will immediately raise the question of what society or individuals should do with the knowledge. My view is that, far from being afraid to find the truth in this area, society should be prepared to act upon it, even though economic, educational and other forms of inequality are the biggest barrier to most people realising their potential. For if genes do account for about 50 per cent of the variability in IQ scores, and if we believe that general cognitive ability is useful in life, then manipulating genes or their effects to increase IQ should be investigated

On the unlikehood of a fetus feeling pain

He stresses the importance of the psychological components of pain in addition to any physical/biological reality when considering whether a fetus is able to feel pain:

After 26 weeks, the human fetus has the necessary biological apparatus for pain, shows a localised behavioural response to stimulation, and launches a hormonal stress response to needling. But is this sufficient evidence to conclude that the fetus can experience pain? Whether or not the fetus feels what we understand as pain hinges not on its biological development, but on its conscious development. Unless it can be reasonably demonstrated that the fetus has a conscious appreciation of pain after 26 weeks' gestation, then its responses to noxious stimulation are still essentially reflex responses, exactly as those prior to 26 weeks...the experience of pain is a consequence of developmental processes through which the fetus and new-born baby have yet to pass.

Writing for Spiked

Word cloud of Spiked titles, written by Stuart Derbyshire, 2000-2014. wordle website, 9 March 2015.

Derbyshire has written for Spiked since 2000 as their Science editor, contributing close to 70 article by 2014, many of which continued from topics he explored in Living Marxism, but with a greater focus on the concept of pain.

HIV/AIDS

Derbyshire has written a number of articles for Spiked on the issue of HIV/AIDS, which was often covered by LM/Living Marxism. His argument remains in line with former coverage in LM/Living Marxism, that the danger of the HIV/AIDS virus has always been inflated, particularly with regards to heterosexual transmission. This may well be built on his ideological foundations that view the state as overly paternal and intent on moralising to its citizens. These views faciliate his argument that the state sought to elevate the risk posed by the virus, in this case, in order to control and alter people's sexual impulses and desires. Thus, in spite of the fact that globally almost 78 million have been infected since the beginning of the epidemic , with 50% of those dying of HIV/AIDS, Derbyshire feels content to argue under the byeline: 'we have pretty much tamed the AIDS virus. So why won't we celebrate?'. This line of argument is also strange given the fact that HIV/AIDS remained ranked as the joint 6th highest leading cause of death in 2012. Given such figures it seems strange to celebrate, particularly given an apparent disdain for Western racism towards Africa in many of Derbyshire's articles, and the reality that the HIV/AIDS pandemic affects Africa more than anywhere else.

Career Chronology

• June 1994 - March 1999 - Living Marxism/LM - Contributor/Writer
• March 1996 - Gave evidence to the Rawlinson Commission of Inquiry into Fetal Sentience
• 1997 - Present - International Association for the Study of Pain - Member
• July 1998 - August 2000 - University of California - Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology
• 1999 - 2011 - National Institutes of Health - Study section member & ad-hoc reviewer
• 1999 - Present - American Pain Society – Member
• 2000 - Present - Debating Matters – Judge
• 2000 - Present - Spiked - Writer
• September 2000 - August 2004 - University of Pittsburgh - Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology
• 2002 - 2010 - Pro-Choice Forum - Consultant
• January 2003 - January 2007 - American Pain Society - Website editorial board
• January 2004 - Present - Journal of Cancer Pain - Associate Editor (Pain Imaging Section)
• February 2004 - August 2005 - New York Civil Liberties Association (NYCLA) - Consultant
• March 2004 - Testified in opposition to House Bill 1315 before the Virginia State Senate.
• March 2004 - August 2005 - Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia - Consultant
• May 2004 - American Pain Society Pain and Genetics Special Interest Group - Founding member
• August 2004 - May 2005 - University of Pittsburgh - Assistant Professor (Secondary) in the Department of Anesthesiology
• August 2004 - May 2005 - University of Pittsburgh - Assistant Professor (Primary) in the Department of Radiology
• January 2005 - Testified before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
• May 2005 - July 2013 - University of Pittsburgh - Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology
• May 2005 - July 2013 - Birmingham University Imaging Centre (BUIC) - Reader in Psychology & director of the pain laboratory
• June 2006 - Member of the RCOG Working Party on Fetal Awareness
• 2007 (approx) - Present - International Association for the Study of Pain (ISAP) - Associate editor
• March 2007 - Present - PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books Editorial Board Member
• 13 July 2007 - The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) - Contributor/Writer
• August 2007 - Present - Hospital Imaging & Radiology Europe - Editorial Board Member
• October 2007 - Science and Technology Committee report on abortion law - Contributor
• 2008 - 2009 - Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking - Consultant
• 2008 - 2010 - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Consultant
• 2008 - Present - Association for Psychological Science – Member
• 2008 - 2013 - University of Birmingham at Alabama – Consultant
• February 2008 - Present - Psychosomatic Medicine Editorial Board Member
• 2009 - 2010 - Beattie McGuiness Bungay - Consultant
• 2009 - Present - Association for Psychosomatic Society - Memeber
• January 2009 - Present - Pain Associate - Editorial Board member
• 14 July 2009 - Manchester Salon - Speaker
• February 2010 - Present - Conteporary Hypnosis - Editorial Board Member
• July 2013 - Present - National University of Singapore - Associate Professor

Educational Background

• 1981-1986 - Longton High School
• 1988-1991 - University College London - BSc Hons in Psychology, 2.i
• 1991-1994 - University College London, University of London - PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience
• May 1994 - May 1996 - University of Manchester - Post-Doc
• May 1996 - June 1998 - University of Pittsburgh - Research Fellow, PET Facility in the Radiology Department

Other Links with the Network

Battle of Ideas Panel Appearances

2005

• Sunday 30th October 2005 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Tony Gilland (associate fellow, Institute of Ideas, has written for Spiked), Dr Richard Ashcroft (Head of Medical Ethics, Imperial College, London), Simon Crompton (freelance health writer and medical editor of Body&Soul, the Saturday health section of The Times), and Tim Lewens (lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge), discussing 'Ethics on trial' at the Battle of Ideas..

2006

• Sunday 28th October 2006 - Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Jon Entine (adjunct fellow, American Enterprise Institute), Pierre Magistretti (vice-chairman, European Dana Alliance for the Brain; professor of neuroscience and co-director, Brain Mind Institute (BMI) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL)), Raymond Tallis (professor of geriatric medicine, University of Manchester; author, The Hand: A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being (2003)), (Sponsored by EDAB and produced by Clare Fox and Caliah Jackson), and Tony Gilland (associate fellow, Institute of Ideas, has written for Spiked), discussing ‘Human enhancement: creating superhumans or dicing with our destinies?’ at the Battle of Ideas.

2007

• Saturday 27th October 2007 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Professor Edzard Ernst (Laing chair in Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth), Dr Toby Murcott (science writer and broadcaster), and Bríd Hehir (development manager Do Good Charity; former NHS health visitor and senior manager, has written for Living Marxism and Spiked ), discussing ‘CAM – junk science or genuine alternative?’, Battle of Ideas.

2008

• Sunday 2nd November 2008 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Professor Sir Mark Walport (director, Wellcome Trust; Government Chief Scientific Adviser (from April 2013)), Professor Ross Anderson (professor of security engineering, University of Cambridge; chair, Foundation for Information Policy Research), Tim Kelsey (Tim Kelsey, chair, Executive Board, Dr Foster Intelligence, the UK's leading health and social care informatics organisation; chief executive, Dr Foster Research), and Jeffrey Rosen (professor of law, George Washington University, appointed a director of WPP in January 2005. He is also deputy chairman and managing director of Lazard LLC), discussing ‘Whose data is it anyway?’ at the Battle of Ideas.

2009

• Saturday 16th May 2009 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Leigh Caldwell (chief executive, Inon), Professor Emre Ozdenoren (associate professor of economics, London Business School; Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)), Dr Michael Savage (blogger, Grumpy Art Historian; head of traded credit policy, RBS), and Dolan Cummings (associate fellow, Institute of Ideas; editor, Debating Humanism; was a co-founder of the Manifesto Club, editorial director of the Institute of Ideas, is the editor of Culture Wars, writes for Spiked), discussing ‘The rise and rise of behavioural economics’, at the Battle of Ideas.
• Sunday 1st November 2009 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Philip Collins (chair of the trustees, Demos; deputy chief leader writer, The Times; senior visiting fellow, LSE), Tim Montgomerie (co-editor, ConservativeHome; co-founder, Conservative Intelligence; member of the advisory board, Centre for Social Justice), Peter Taylor-Gooby (professor of social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, ESRC Social Contexts and Responses to Risk programme) and Claire Fox (director, Institute of Ideas), discussing ‘Nudge Nudge, Nag Nag: the new politics of behaviour’, at the Battle of Ideas.

2010

• Saturday 30th October 2010 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: John Harris (Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester; joint editor-in-chief The Journal of Medical Ethics; member, Human Genetics Commission), and Ann Furedi (chief executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service, wrote for Confrontation and regularly for Living Marxism and Spiked, was Director of Policy and Communications for the UK regulator of infertility treatment and embryo research, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority), discussing ‘What makes life sacred?’, at the Battle of Ideas.
• Saturday 30th October 2010 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Tipu Aziz (professor of neurosurgery, University of Oxford), Dr Helene Guldberg (co-publisher of Living Marxism and co-founder and (current) Managing Editor of Spiked. On occasion in writing for Living Marxism she used the pseudonym Helene Gold), David Thomas (freelance legal advisor, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV); human rights consultant; recent chairman, RSPCA; former director, UK Association of Lawyers for Animal Welfare and Compassion in World Farming), and Jeremy Taylor (science writer; television producer and director, he has spoken at the Birmingham Salon, Leeds Salon and Manchester Salon and for The Great Debate), Dr Richard D. Ryder (ethicist; campaigner; trustee, RSPCA author), discussing ‘Should apes have rights?’, at the Battle of Ideas.

2011

• Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Dr Kathleen Richardson (British Academy postdoctoral fellow, Department of Anthropology, University College London, has written for Living Marxism, Spiked, and Culture Wars, and spoken at the Manchester Salon and the Brighton Salon, and participated in a campaign of the Manifesto Club), Professor Raymond Tallis (fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences; author, philosopher, critic and poet), and Kevin Warwick (professor of cybernetics, University of Reading; author, Artificial Intelligence: the basics), discussing ‘Artificial intelligence, bionic men and human conciousness’ at the Battle of Ideas.
• Saturday 29th October 2011 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Tiger de Souza (knowledge and innovation manager, v, The National Young Volunteers' Service) Steve Reed (leader, Lambeth Council; councillor, Labour Party, Brixton Hill Ward), Liz Richardson (research fellow, University of Manchester), and Kathryn Ecclestone (professor of education, University of Sheffield, has written for Spiked and Culture Wars, adjudicated for Debating Matters, co-written a book with Dennis Hayes, spoken at the Brighton Salon and is a founder member of the Birmingham Salon), discussing ‘Remaking citizens for the 'Big Society'‘, at the Battle of Ideas.
• Sunday 30th October 2011 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Sandy Starr (communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews, has written for Living Marxism and Culture Wars, written and worked for Spiked, is a member of the Manifesto Club, and adjudged for Debating Matters), Martha Robinson (neuroscience PhD student, University College London), Richard Swinburne (emeritus professor, philosophy of religion, University of Oxford), and Professor Raymond Tallis (fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences; author, philosopher, critic and poet; recent books include NHS SOS and Aping Mankind; chair, Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying), discussing ‘Is there a ghost in the machine?’, at the Battle of Ideas.
• Sunday 30th October 2011 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Professor Andy Miah (chair in science communication & digital media, University of Salford), Barbara Sahakian (professor of clinical neuropsychology, MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, University of Cambridge), Professor Sir Simon Wessely (head, department of psychological medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; president, Royal College of Psychiatrists), and Helen Birtwistle (history teacher; former resources and communications manager, Debating Matters Competition), discussing ‘Smart drugs: magic bullet or cheating ourselves?’, Battle of Ideas.

2012

• Sunday 21st October 2012 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Professor David Jones (director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre), Steven Edwards (professor of philosophy of healthcare, Swansea University), Dr Peter Simpson (chairman, UK Donation Ethics Committee), Hugh Whittall (director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics), and Helen Birtwistle (history teacher; former resources and communications manager, Debating Matters Competition), discussing ‘Organ donation: dead or alive?’, at the Battle of Ideas.
• Sunday 21st October 2012 - Dr Stuart Derbyshire appeared with: Dr Roger Giner-Sorolla (reader in social psychology, University of Kent), Imran Khan (director, CASE - the Center for Social and Economic Research), Professor Sir Mark Walport (director, Wellcome Trust; Government Chief Scientific Adviser (from April 2013)), and Dr Nina Powell (doctoral research fellow, National University of Singapore), discussing ‘Trust me: I'm a scientist’, Battle of Ideas, http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/2012/session_detail/6810 ‘Trust me: I'm a scientist’], 21 October 2012, Battle of Ideas, accessed 27 January 2015.</ref>.

Other Presentations, Invited Lectureships and Seminars

1997

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Foetal pain Does it Exist?', University of Oxford, 29 February 1997
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Exploring the bio-psycho-social model: Meaningless catchphrase or fundamental cornerstone?', British Pain Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle UK, April 1997.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'the neuropsychology of pain', CURE Neuroenteric Biology Group, UCLA USA, 3rd November 1997.

1998

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'How can we assess pain in animals?', the William Dick Centennial Animal Welfare Debate, The University of Edinburgh Veterinary School, Scotland, 23 May 1998.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Central representation of somatic and visceral pain', Fourth International Symposium on Brain-Gut Interactions, University of California San Diego Campus USA, 12-15 July 1998.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'The problem of variation in assessing group differences using functional imaging techniques', at the Institute of Psychiatry, London UK, 11 September 1998; The University of Manchester UK 14th September 1998; and Glaxo Institute Cambridge, UK, 16 September 1998.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'The central correlates of visceral pain and anticipation in controls versus patients suffering irritable bowel syndrome', IBS CURE GI Clinical and Outcomes Research Meeting Los Angeles, October 1998.

1999

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Functional imaging studies of back pain and opiate analgesia: Back Pain – Will the Next Millenium be Better?' at the Symposium in honor of Professor Malcolm Jayson, Oxford Lodge, Manchester UK 22nd October 1999.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Mechanisms underlying chronic pain: Discussion Meeting: The Biological Basis of Chronic Fatigue Disorders,', Novartis Foundation/Lindbury Trust, London UK 7-8th November 1999.

2000

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Gender differences in response to pain', Symposium in honor of Professor Malcolm Harris, Eastman Dental Hospital, London UK, 18th – 21st September 2000.

2001

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Visceral afferent pathways', Fourth International Symposium on Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, The Pfister Hotel Milwaukee Wisconsin, 30 March – 2 April 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Imaging the anatomy of pain', North West Pain Research Group and Hope Hospital Neuroscience Forum, University of Manchester UK, 7 June 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Aids in Africa', TRASNA Society of Trinity College, World Aids Day Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 29-30 November 2001.

2002

• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Human Brain Mechanisms of Pain: Distributed Networks, Cognitive Modulation, and Individual Differences', with Alex Ploghaus (Speaker); and Robert Coghill (Moderator) at American Pain Society's 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 14-17 March 2002.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke at 'Debating matters: Animal experimentation', Debating Matters, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 19 August 2002.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Dissecting the brain in pain', Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, 26 September 2002.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'The biological basis of risky decision making', Trauma Research Institute, W. Virginia, 3 October 2002.

2003

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Imaging pain: The inside story or just a pretty picture?', University of Bath, Pain Forum, 5 February 2003, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Picturing the brain in pain', Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 12 March 2003,

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Functional brain imaging', at the Second Asian-Pacific Postgraduate Course on Gastrointestinal Motility (APPGM), 22-24 November 2003, Seoul, Korea.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Visceral afferent pathways' at the Second Asian-Pacific Postgraduate Course on Gastrointestinal Motility (APPGM), 22-24 November 2003, Seoul, Korea.

2004

• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Pain in the Brain and Lower Parts of the Anatomy', at the Royal Holloway and New Bedford College, London, Department of Psychology, 6 April 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attedned the event 'Fish Pain is a Misnomer' at the University of Glasgow, Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Scotland, 16-17 April 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, moderated the event 'Neurogenetics: Buzzword, New Frontier, Both or Neither?', with Jeffrey Mogil (Speaker); Jon-Kar Zubieta (Speaker), at the 2nd Joint Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society and the Canadian Pain Society, Vancouver, B.C. on 6-9 May 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Imaging the brain: prospects and pitfalls', at Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., 16 July 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, attended 'Imaging the brain in pain', at the Portuguese Pain Society Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 14- 16 October 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'If it ain't broke how do we fix it? The challenge of functional pain', [[Institute

for Science and Technology in Medicine]], Keele University Medical School, UK, 25 October 2004.

• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'If it ain't broke how do we fix it? The challenge of functional pain', [[University

of Wales]], Bangor, Psychology Department 29 October 2004. 2005

• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Imaging of cortical and pain control systems', Official IASP Satellite meeting – Visceral Pain, Adelaide, Australia, 17-19 August 2005.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Sex, gender and human pain', IASP Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 21-25 August 2005.

Linda LeResche (Moderator); Anita Holdcroft (Speaker); Stuart Derbyshire (Speaker). 2006

• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'The brain in pain: Why does the ghost of Descartes still haunt us?', Plenary

presentation at the American Psychosomatic Society 64th Annual Meeting, Denver, March 1- 4, 2006.

• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Brain mechanisms of pain from a psychosomatic perspective' at the American Psychosomatic Society 64th Annual Meeting, with Denver Francis Keefe (Moderator); Fabrizio Benedetti (Speaker); and Jon-Kar Zubieta (Speaker), 1-4 March 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'The brain makes hallucinated pain feel real', at Representation intracerebrale de la douleur, Caen, France, 17 March 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Is fetal pain a misnomer?' at the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, Queen's University, Belfast, 24-27 August 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Somatic and visceral processing with functional imaging' at the 26th European Conference on Psychosomatic Research, in Croatia with Paul Enck (Moderator); Qasim Aziz (Speaker); Stuart Derbyshire (Speaker); H Mönnikes (Speaker) and A Kowalski (Speaker), September 27-30, 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'What inspired you?', Society of Chemical Industry, London, 10 October 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke at the 'Policy Exchange Book Launch: Science vs. Superstition: the case for a new scientific Enlightenment', with James Panton (chair); Raymond Tallis (speaker); Charles Hendry (speaker); Matt Ridley (speaker); Stuart Derbyshire (speaker), for the Policy Exchange 'Ideas Forum', Clutha House, London, 6 December 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Does pain from any source still feel the same?', University of Manchester, School of Psychology, 14 December 2006.

2007

• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Does pain from any source still feel the same?' at the University of Edinburgh, School of Psychology and Department of Neuroscience, 25 January 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Functional imaging of physically and psychologically induced pain in controls and functional pain patients', at GlaxoSmithKline, DuCane Road, London, 7 February 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Fetal pain: The evidence. International Conference on Second Trimester Abortion', The Institute of Physics, London, UK, 29-31 March 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoke on 'Being hypnotisable increases pain experience during distraction but the label “hypnosis” reduces pain experience'. Derbyshire SWG with Hylands-White N, Jevons CJ, Stevenson E., at the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis Conference. Novotel York, 10-13 May 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire organised the 'Social cognitive neuroscience symposium' with speakers: Guinote A, Humphreys G, Knoblich G, Sebanz N, and Van Vugt M. The British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section, University of Kent, 5-7 September 2007.

2008

• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Does pain from any other source still feel the same?', University of Swansea, School of Medicine, 7 February, 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, spoek at the 'Hypnosis: Theory and Therapy symposium' organised by Naish, P (organizer), & alongside Kirsch I, Gruzelier J, Liossi C. The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Royal Dublin Society, 2-4 April 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire spoke on 'Gray matter volume in medial frontal and supplementary motor regions increases with hypnotisability' alongside Gianaros PJ, Whalley MG, Oakley DA, at the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis Conference. Hilton Stansted, May 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'How does the brain switch pain on and off?' SSNP Midlands, West Park Hospital, Wolverhampton, 2 June, 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Psychophysiological mechanisms of pain', RCA Regional Current topics Meeting, Novotel Birmingham, 4-6 June 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'What goes up doesn’t always come down: The problem of chronic pain', GlaxoSmithKline, DuCane Road, London, 9 July 2008.

2011

• September 2011 - Stuart Derbyshire appeared on a panel with Professor Anthony Jones discussing: 'I feel your pain: human and animal suffering', for the Manchester Salon at the Manchester Science Festival, sponsored by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.

2014

• Stuart Derbyshire spoke on 'Stand up for Humanity and Put Neuroscience in its Place' at the Science Cafe on 18th September 2014

TV and Radio Appearances

2009

• Early 2009 - Stuart Derbyshire appeared on 'The One Show' with Michael Mosley, looking at 'the Power of Hypnosis', on the BBC.

2011

• November 2011 - Stuart Derbyshire appeared on 'Derren Brown: 'The Experiments, Channel 4

Publications

1990-1999

1994

• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: Prozac and cons', Living Marxism, No. 68 - June 1994, p. 34.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'The Marxist Review of Books', Living Marxism, No. 72 - October 1994, p. 43.

1995

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Duesberg and AIDS’, Nature, 1995, Volume 377(6551), p. 672.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: Aids in Africa', Living Marxism, No. 79 - May 1995, p. 38.
• Helene Guldberg and Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: No Natural Born Killers', Living Marxism, No. 80 - June 1995, p. 38.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: A turning point in Aids research?', Living Marxism, No. 85 - December 1995, p. 34.

1996

• Dr Stuart Derbyshire, 'Taboos: Can a fetus feel pain?', Living Marxism, No. 93 - September 1996, p. 8.
• Dr Stuart Derbyshire, 'E-mail from America', Living Marxism, No. 95 - November 1996, p. 32.
• Dr Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: The HIV-Aids heretics', Living Marxism, No. 95 - November 1996, p. 34.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'No Cuts in AIDS research - Dr Stuart Derbyshire calls for redirection in AIDS funding away from the moral crusade against sex and towards finding a cure', Living Marxism Commentary, 12 December 1996.

1997

• Dr Stuart Derbyshire and James Heartfield, 'Futures Exchange: Do genes influence intelligence?', LM 102, p. 38, July/August 1997.

1998

• Dr Stuart Derbyshire, 'Futures: What's wrong with animal research?', LM 115, November 1998, p. 36.

1999

• Dr Stuart Derbyshire, 'Of mice and men - Researchers may have used genetics to improve the memory of mice, but it is nonsense to talk of an 'intelligence gene, argues Dr Stuart Derbyshire', Living Marxism Commentary, 9 March 1999.

2000-2009

2001

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A timeline of reaction: Opposition to animal research has a long history - and none of it is glorious’, Spiked, 8 March 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Animal research: a scientist's defence: Medical research is not concerned with the welfare of animals - and nor should it be’, Spiked, 29 March 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘spiked-proposals: Animal research: In supporting the development of science and medicine, political leaders should get on a platform and argue the need to put humans first’, Spiked, 7 June 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘On fish, brains and inflated rectums: A scientist discovers that the pursuit of life and knowledge can sometimes be less than rational’, Spiked, 27 June 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘AIDS in Africa: why the West is interested:How the UN donor countries are distorting the extent of AIDS, and using safe sex messages to push African societies around’, Spiked, 2 August 2001.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Stop stemming the research: For stem cell research to fulfil its potential, US scientists need to develop more backbone’, Spiked, 29 November 2001.

2003

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘AIDS in Africa: sense at last: New research explodes Western myths about HIV infection in Africa’, Spiked, 23 February 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Viral scares: The overblown panic about SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) makes this Asia-bound traveller sick’, Spiked, 3 April 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Pandemic of precaution: Life must not stop because of SARS’, Spiked, 8 April 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'Viral scares', Spiked, 3 April 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Fishing for theories: Do trout feel pain - or do we just feel sorry for them?’, Spiked, 8 May 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Hitler's youth: Hitler: The Rise of Evil tried to 'understand' the personality, by ignoring history’, Spiked, 22 May 2003.
• Stuart Derbyshire 'Primate research: a moral good', Spiked, 23 July 2003.

2004

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘As if AIDS isn’t bad enough: ...the UNAIDS campaign in Africa is making it worse’, Spiked, 6 February 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Pain and prejudice: Our understanding of pain has improved dramatically - so why are we no better at alleviating it?’, Spiked, 5 May 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Vivisection: Put human welfare first: Scientists who support a new centre for researching alternatives to animal testing have their priorities all wrong’, Spiked, 1 June 2004.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Ruining cats and dogs: The UK government's Animal Welfare Bill could turn having a pet into a pain’, Spiked, 16 July 2004.

2005

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Late abortion and the ‘fetal pain’ fallacy: The USA's ban on 'partial-birth abortion' rests on flawed arguments about fetal development’, Spiked, 16 March 2005.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Do video games train for violence?: A neuroscientist reports from the Human Brain Mapping conference in Toronto’, Spiked, 5 July 2005.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Unethical committees: A burgeoning ethical infrastructure can mean that scientists take less care of their research subject’, Spiked, 11 November 2005.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Bush isn’t the only one who’s anti-science: The Republican War on Science is on the money about the Bush administration. But it neglects to mention the sins of Democrats and even scientists themselves’, Spiked, 28 November 2005.

2006

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The hard arguments about vivisection: Some scientists advocate experiments on animals while simultaneously apologising for them. Bad move’, Spiked, March 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘We need more drugs testing - on animals and humans: We mustn't let the disastrous trials at Northwick Park hospital blind us to the need for further medical innovation’, Spiked, 4 April 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Avian flu: this is not 1918: The discovery of a dead infected swan in Fife has led to warnings of another 1918-style flu epidemic. Let’s have some historical and scientific perspective’, Spiked, 13 April 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘So, can a fetus feel pain?: A new study showing that premature babies launch a ‘brain response’ following a heel lance is cited as evidence that fetuses feel pain. One expert begs to differ’, Spiked, 20 April 2006.
• Stuart Derbyshire and Adam Burgess, ‘Use of mobile phones in hospitals’., British Medical Journal, 2006, 333 (7572). pp. 767-768.

2007

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Mother Teresa and the ‘me, me, me’ culture: The new book Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? shows that the nun was as ruthless as any other celeb in protecting her public image’, Spiked, 14 February 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Of spiders and men: The building behaviour of animals is fascinating (spiders can even weave webs in outer space!) But contrary to the claims of Gould and Gould, it's no feat of engineering, artistry or complex thinking’, Spiked, 21 June 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘We’re no slaves to our senses: Free will and agency are not merely the creation of nerve endings in the human brain. So while neuroscience can tell us a lot, it does not hold the key to understanding human uniqueness’, Spiked, 24 August 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Let’s make the world storm-proof: The idea that hurricanes are blowback for man’s polluting ways overlooks the fact that it is only man – through development and construction – who can offset the impacts of freak weather’, Spiked, 21 September 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Abortion: What You Didn’t Need To See: The Channel 4 Dispatches documentary on late abortion and fetal pain was a gratuitous and confused mess’, Spiked, 22 01/01/February000 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Sticking a needle in alternative medicine: Exotic therapies such as acupuncture might make people feel good. But the role of medicine is to cure patients' illnesses, not make them happy’, Spiked, 28 November 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A brainless analysis of American politics: Drew Westen’s attempt to explain voting patterns in America by examining the nerve activity in voters’ brains is light on political insight and heavy on Yank-bashing’, Spiked, 30 November 2007.
• Stuart Derbyshire, 'How powerful is the power of persuasion?', ‘‘Spiked Online’’, 21 December 2007

2008

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘What makes humans special?: When both trendy authors and top psychologists claim that man should accept his ‘rightful position in the cosmos’ as ‘just another animal’, it pays to revisit George Herbert Mead’s humane attempts to explain human consciousness’, Spiked, 29 February 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Honderich: the thinking man’s unthinking man?: Ignoring all the piss and vinegar about philosopher Ted Honderich – who has been labelled by fellow academics as rambling, bumbling, bombastic, hateful and stupid – is his book On Consciousness actually any g’, Spiked, 28 March 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A catfight over consciousness: Ignoring all the piss and vinegar about Ted Honderich and his difficult personality, is his book On Consciousness any good? Well, yes and no’, Spiked, 18 April 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Abortion: get out the vote: An academic offers tips on how you can pressure your MP to turn up to Tuesday’s vote in parliament and defend the 24-week limit’, Spiked, 15 May 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Jim Crow dressed up in multicultural drag: It’s more than 50 years since the landmark Brown case challenged the segregation of blacks and whites in American schools. Yet under the yoke of multiculturalism, new, liberal-justified forms of segregation are r’, Spiked, 30 May 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘How do we break free of the rules of biology?: Chris Fernyhough has written a sometimes touching book on his daughter’s mental development in the first three years. But he fails to get to the heart of the infant’s transition from biological machine to hum’, Spiked, 27 June 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire & Raja, 'The World Wide Web is nothing like a brain', Spiked, 3 July 2008
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Humans are more important than animals: When it comes to using animals in research, the only moral judgement should be: does it benefit humankind?’, Spiked, 26 August 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Who’s afraid of xenotransplantation?: Using pig organs in humans could save thousands of lives. So why is Britain driving research away?’, Spiked, 3 01/01/February000 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Let’s blow away all the barriers to stem-cell science: The windpipe transplant shows the potential of stem-cell medicine and the collaborative genius of human beings. We should build on it’, Spiked, 20 November 2008.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘There’s more to humans than biological burps: Through vivid explorations of tears, snot, earwax and blushing, Ray Tallis’ brilliant new book shows us that ‘being human’ is not a simple stimulus-response thing – it is shaped by history, thought, time and s’, Spiked, 29 01/01/February00February 2008.

2009

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A fishy campaign: PETA’s attempt to rebrand fish as ‘sea kittens’ takes anthropomorphism to an unfathomable new low’, Spiked, 20 January 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Sex, war and stupidity: In labelling Churchill as ‘ape-like’ and claiming that Timothy McVeigh was driven by ‘primate’ instincts, the authors of Sex and War hope to prove that war is an evolutionary trait. Their thesis is mind-blowingly dumb’, Spiked, 27 February 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Still squeamish about stem cells: Obama’s extension of federal funding to stem-cell research is good news. But Bush was not the only barrier to progress’, Spiked, 10 March 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Give it a rest: fish do not feel pain: Yet another research project claims to show that fish are capable of feeling pain. It’s as wrongheaded as all the rest’, Spiked, 29 April 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Brain dysfunction did not cause the recession: Ahead of a major conference, The Battle for the Economy, Stuart Derbyshire declares war on ‘behavioural economics’’, Spiked, 6 May 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Is the digital age killing compassion?: One has to marvel at the megalomania of scientists who slam all of modern culture on the basis of their tiny studies’, Spiked, 11 June 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A downturn in imaginative thinking: A new book claims that people’s psychology and ‘animal spirits’ bring about economic downturns. It’s an argument that is both economically vulgar and politically unconvincing’, Spiked, 31 July 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Why we shouldn’t create pain-free animals: A proposal to genetically modify farm animals so that they don’t feel pain is practically and morally misguided’, Spiked, 8 September 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘A downturn in imaginative thinking: A new book’s claim that people’s psychology brings about economic downturns is both economically vulgar and politically unconvincing’, Spiked, 11 September 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Farewell, Norman Levitt: With the passing of Norman Levitt, a rigorous defender of scientific truth against the relativism and cowardice of the ‘academic left’, we have lost a modern Enlightenment hero’, Spiked, 30 October 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘How to overcome recession: develop some ‘autistic’ skills: Books on behavioural economics are everywhere, but this one brings something particulary bizarre to the debate: the idea that autism shows us a way out of recession’, Spiked, 27 November 2009.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Birth pains are nothing to celebrate: It was degenerate feminists, not ignorant men, who first argued that childbirth should be a painful rite of passage’, Spiked, 23 July 2009.

2010-2019

2010

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Just monkeying around with a camera: A BBC film ‘made’ by chimpanzees at Edinburgh Zoo only confirms how different humans and apes really are’, Spiked, 27 January 2010.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘It’s time to move beyond Roe vs Wade: US women’s right to choose will remain fragile so long as pro-choice activists rely so heavily on the Supreme Court’, Spiked, 21 April 2010.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Abortion is more than a scientific issue: A contributor to a major report on ‘fetal pain’ says the facts are important, but a woman’s right to choose should be discussed in moral terms’, Spiked, 1 July 2010.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘It wasn’t God that created the human ‘I’: The gap between neural activity and mental experience – a sense of self – is bridged by years of human interaction’, Spiked, 4 November 2010.
• Stuart Derbyshire & Maria Fitzgerald, ‘The painful consequences of neonatal nociceptive input’, Pain, August 2010, Volume 150(2), pp. 220-221., http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezp1.bath.ac.uk/science/article/pii/S0304395910002708.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The necessity of animal models in pain research’, Pain, October 2010, Volume 151(1) pp. 12-17.

2011

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The pseudoscience of the parent-bashers: The increasingly popular idea that a person's fate is decided in the first five years of life is completely baseless’, Spiked, 5 September 2011.

2012

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Using science to freak out parents: A new book on ‘attachment parenting’ peddles the myth that there’s a right way to raise kids. PLUS: Why parental determinism is little more than neurobollocks’, Spiked, 28 September 2012.
• Nina Powell, Stuart Derbyshire & Robbert Guttentag, ‘Biases in children's and adults' moral judgements’, Pain, September 2012, Volume 113(1), pp. 186-193.

2013

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The miracle of the HIV-free baby: The apparent curing of a baby with HIV is a brilliant reminder of man’s capacity to defeat nature’s many menaces’, Spiked, 6 March 2013.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Dustin Hoffman: enough to make a grown man cry: The Hollywood star admits he was once a shallow person who was obsessed with looks, but he shouldn’t tar all men with that brush’, Spiked, 18 July 2013.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘No, ants are nothing like human beings: EO Wilson says ant colonies use agriculture and air-conditioning. They don’t’, Spiked, 26 July 2013.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Never mind the neuro-bollocks: Ignore the neuro-determinists: man is more than a machine’, Spiked, 5 August 2013.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The fall and fall of Asian fertility: The unwillingness of young Asians to start families echoes a worldwide rejection of the capacity to live independently’, Spiked, 30 01/01/February000 2013.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘No, you can’t kill a robot’, Spiked, 2 December 2013.
• Stephen Mayhew, Stuart Derbyshire, Andrew Bagshaw, Nicholas Hylands-White, and Camillo Porcaro, ‘Intrinsic Variability in the human response to pain is assembled from multiple, dynamic brain processes’, NeuroImage, July 2013, Volume 75, pp. 68-78..
• Stuart Derbyshire & David Oakley, ‘A role for suggestion in differences in brain responses after placebo conditioning in high and low hypnotizable subjects’, Pain, September 2013, Volume 154(9), pp. 1487-1488.

2014

• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Setting the record straight on AIDS:Chris Jennings’ new book exposes the reality of the epidemic that never was’, Spiked, 12 September 2014.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘Ignore the ‘plague’ panic – mankind is beating AIDS: We have pretty much tamed the AIDS virus. So why won’t we celebrate?’, Spiked, 10 01/01/February00February 2014.
• Stuart Derbyshire, ‘The use of neuroimaging to advance the understanding of chronic pain: From description to mechanism’, Psychosomatic Medicine, July-August 2014, Volume 76(6), pp. 402-403.

Resources

• Staff profile, National University of Singapore
• ResearchGate