Award-winning science writer. My second book The Expectation Effect (Canongate/Henry Holt) is out now. Agent: @PlittyC
Aug 30, 2021 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
🧠2021 is continuing to offer some amazing books about human brains and behaviour 🧠
Here's a thread of some recent and forthcoming titles that have caught by eye. Please add to it with your own recommendations! (1/n)
Being You, by @anilkseth, explores the new science consciousness and the role of prediction in the brain. I've been following Anil's work for years and from the rave reviews, I'm sure that this won't disappoint (2/n) uk.bookshop.org/books/being-yo…
Apr 6, 2021 • 10 tweets • 8 min read
🧠 2021 is shaping up to be an amazing year for smart books about the brain!🧠
Here's a thread with some of my favourites so far and the ones that I'm most looking forward to reading in the coming months. (1/n)
(2/n) Beginners by @tomvanderbilt - which examines our capacity for lifelong learning, and exposes the benefits of being a dilettante (@AAKnopf/@AtlanticBooks)
Are you making New Year's Resolutions? There's tons of pressure in the media to change your lifestyle - but #psychology research shows that these messages can backfire badly - harming your health - so here's a short thread summarising the most interesting findings #NewYearsDay
(|1) Lots of diets/fitness regimes play on a sense of guilt - about what you're eating/how much exercise you do/screen time/stress levels. But there's tonnes of evidence that feelings of guilt can actually make you MORE likely to fail in your goals etc. bbc.com/future/story/2…
