TEDxOslo - Peter Lovatt - Dance, thinking, hormones
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Dr Peter Lovatt is an academic Psychologist and a Dancer. Dr Peter Lovatt is a Reader in Psychology and a Principal lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, where he heads the Dance Psychology Lab. Before starting on an academic career Peter was a professional dancer. Peter studied Theatre and Creative Arts at East Herts College before tra... Read more
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- -: TEDxOslo - Peter Lovatt - Dance, thinking, hormones
June 22, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dr Peter Lovatt is an academic Psychologist and a Dancer. Dr Peter Lovatt is a Reader in Psychology and a Principal lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, where he heads the Dance Psychology Lab. Before starting on an academic career Peter was a professional dancer. Peter studied Theatre ...
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