Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, by Shane O’Mara
Book of the week: Ethics aside, no useful information is to be gained from ‘coercive questioning’, says Steven Rose
Book of the week: Ethics aside, no useful information is to be gained from ‘coercive questioning’, says Steven Rose
Shane O’Mara is both fascinated and disappointed by a bold attempt to provide an ‘overarching framework’ for how the brain works
Shane O’Mara considers the many different and always inadequate metaphors we have used to analyse our mental functioning
An unsettling study of patients in comas reveals that consciousness endures, says Shane O’Mara
This unusual and intellectually invigorating book should be an essential starting point for feeling our way ahead in this field, says Shane O’Mara
Shane O’Mara on a profound and humorous exploration of human consciousness
Look at the data. The truth is out there, but all must face what they find, says Shane O’Mara
Are our mental faculties really too unevolved to keep us afloat in an ocean of digital distraction? asks Shane O’Mara
Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading
Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing – and dealing with negative peer reviews
From neuroscience to philosophy and economics, seven scholars relate what work in their disciplines reveals about the search for #HEhappiness
The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field
Members of the higher education community tell us about two books they plan to take on holiday: a new must-read and a classic worthy of a second look