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Sussex Archaeological Collections, 122, 193-206, Uckfield was a small Sussex town at the beginning of the 19th century and was brought out of rural isolation in 1858 when the rail link with Lewes was opened; it was later extended to Tunbridge Wells. This study considers the part played by the railway in the development of Uckfield during the 19th century. Uckfield and its people are analysed to identify the trading and settlement patterns influenced by existing modes of transport in the 1840s, predating the railway. Attention is then drawn to changes in the community after 1858 initiated by the new form of transport. The major part of the discussion concerns the development of Uckfield to the end of the 19th century with reference to the social, economic and topographical changes brought about, at least in part, by the railway.

According to the network theory of psychoneuroimmunology, (Hyland, 2011a), the placebo response is a short-term, problem solving response to a variety of inputs processed via the ‘infornet’. However, within the current infornet model of placebo response, these inputs are categorized as either conscious verbal inputs, or inputs learnt via traditional conditioning mechanisms. This thesis investigates the extent to which other ‘higher-order’ subliminal inputs may also play a part in determining placebo response. The findings presented here found no reliable effect of subliminal priming information on placebo response in a short-term placebo context. Further research is needed to determine if subliminally presented information is more likely to be used within a long-term placebo context. The lack of consistency in findings across this set of experiments supports replication criticisms leveled at the subliminal priming field, and the claim that differences in trivial contextual details may be the underlying cause of these inconsistencies. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed.