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
The summer is traditionally when academics turn to the big, serious books they don’t otherwise have time for or grab the chance for a bit of escapism. The pandemic has raised some major new issues...
Shane O’Mara considers the many different and always inadequate metaphors we have used to analyse our mental functioning
A fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Scholars and sector figures offer recommendations for reading over the summer break
This unusual and intellectually invigorating book should be an essential starting point for feeling our way ahead in this field, says Shane O’Mara
An unsettling study of patients in comas reveals that consciousness endures, says 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
Shane O’Mara on a profound and humorous exploration of human consciousness
Since the Labour leadership contests, students have been building their political influence, says Tom Cutterham
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
Look at the data. The truth is out there, but all must face what they find, says Shane O’Mara