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Dean Burnett

Дата рождения: July 31, 1982 – Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom

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Dean Burnett is a Welsh neuroscientist and science writer whose work makes brain science and psychology accessible to general readers. He is best known for books including The Idiot Brain, Happy Brain and Psycho-Logical, and for journalism and columns that translate neuroscience research into clear, often humorous popular science.

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Dean Burnett is a Welsh neuroscientist, author and broadcaster whose career joins academic training with an unusually conversational public voice. He grew up in South Wales in a non-academic background and has said that he was the first in his family to take A-levels. He studied at Cardiff University, earning a BSc before later completing a PhD on the hippocampus and configural learning, and went on to teach psychiatry on Cardiff University’s online MSc before becoming an honorary research fellow in the School of Psychology. Running alongside that academic path was an on-and-off involvement in stand-up comedy, a strand of his life that helped shape the dry, accessible tone of his later writing. ((https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/dean-burnett-psycho-logical-1212722.html?utm_source=openai))

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But raising awareness is just the start of the process, not the end
-Mental health: awareness is great, but action is essential
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And yes, I’ve decided that the collective noun for sexy Chris’s is a “marvel”, for obvious reasons
-How 'provocative clothes' affect the brain – and why it's no excuse for assault
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Nobody is going to know the best way to boost your own productivity better than you
-Be more productive: A neuroscientist explains how to actually get more done in less time
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-The neuroscience behind why this optical illusion messes with your brain
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The human brain is incredibly powerful, but also complex and, most importantly, finite
-Got burnout? Here's why and what you can do to recharge
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Let’s be clear, this idea is nonsense, and always has been
-Why the myth that we only use 10 per cent of our brain needs to die
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Ultimately, it’s very hard to measure happiness if we can’t specify what it actually is in the scientific sense
-Why it’s time to rethink what happiness really means

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"Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist and Guardian blogger, renders the workings of the brain accessible to lay people without being patronising"

The Independent

"We love a good brain book, and Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett might just be our new favorite"

Bookish

"Author and neuroscientist Dean Burnett is attempting something very difficult in explaining the inner workings of the human brain"

PopMatters

"As a neuroscientist, comedian and Guardian science blogger, Dean Burnett knows that science communication is both important and hard to get right"

The Guardian

"I really admire Dean Burnett's work. He's very compelling and wise and rational"

Jon Ronson

"Don't get him wrong: Dean Burnett loves the brain as much as the next neuroscientist"

Smithsonian

"Dean Burnett says the human brain is like a computer that files information in a way that defies logic"

Fresh Air

"Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist, is also a massively popular science blogger for The Guardian newspaper"

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