Brian M. Hughes

Brian Hughes is a psychologist, an academic, and a writer specialising in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.

He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Galway, Ireland and has held visiting academic appointments at the Universities of Missouri, Leiden, and Birmingham, and at King's College London.