Jun ’22: Brain Talks for 2022/3
When it comes to motivational speaking, no matter what an organisation’s priorities are, the neuroscience literature always yields some useful inspiration.
Mar ’22: Brain Science Meets Comedy on TV
Who said you can’t inject a little neuroscience into a prime time TV comedy. I’ve done it twice now. Once on the BBC and prior to that on Sky.
A Ciência Do Pecado
The Science of Sin is now available in Portuguese!
Dr Jack’s Comedy Debut on BBC2
This month I appeared on the very first episode of a brand new, big budget, primetime BBC2 comedy show called the RANGANATION to talk about the evidence so far regarding what smartphones might be doing to our brains…
Resilient Brains
Why are some people resilient and other people more vulnerable? Is there a distinctive hallmark of resilience in the brain? Are there ways to help build resilience in young people? These are the questions we will be tackling in this months brain blog.
Tech Companies that Bolster (or Harm) Feelings of Social Connectedness
We should start to label tech companies according to their overall impact on the depth of people’s sense of being socially embedded in a supportive community
SOS Soapbox Specials
A couple of months ago I followed in the footsteps of Karl Marx and George Orwell by trying to start a revolution down at Speakers’ Corner.
The Science Of Sin
Today, my first ever solo effort as an author hits the bookshops across the UK.
It has it’s own dedicated website, so you can find all about it here: www.sciofsin.com
Pregnancy Brain
Many women notice that their memory and other aspects of cognition seem to be affected by pregnancy. For ages it wasn’t clear whether ‘pregnancy brain’ was real or imagined. Thanks to a study published earlier this year, we now have some answers…
The Future of Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep Brain Stimulation therapy to treat brain illnesses like Parkinson’s Disease might one day be achieved, without surgery, by crossing electrical streams