I am Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin and a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator.
I explore brain systems supporting learning, memory, and cognition, and brain systems affected by stress and depression. I also explore the policy implications of the behavioural and brain sciences. I have published >130 papers and edited 4 academic books on these topics.
Solo-Authored Books:
My latest book is In Praise of Walking: The new science of how we walk and why it’s good for us. I take a ‘brain’s eye’ of this most-overlooked but amazing human attribute – one reaching into every aspect of our lives, which allowed us to conquer the planet – walking, upright, on two feet, our hands free, head aloft, focused on the far horizons.
(Bodley Head/Vintage/PenguinRandomHouse & widely in translation: more here)
‘A Brain for Business: A Brain for Life‘ (Palgrave)
‘Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation’ (Harvard)
