The Human Mind review: Ambitious, up-to-the-minute guide to the mind
11 May 2023
From perception and behaviour to choice and morality, psychologist Paul Bloom’s book on the mind takes us on a comprehensive journey of what it means to be human
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Learning whilst you sleep was big business in the Soviet Union
26 February 2020
“Sleep-learning,” we observed half a century ago “is big business in the Soviet Union.” A slew of studies, experiments and trials from behind the Iron Curtain showed an enthusiasm for pumping information, such as lists of foreign words, into people whilst...
The psychology of magic and how it plays with our minds
1 May 2019
We need to think our brain doesn't lie to get us through the day, but as a new London exhibition called Smoke and Mirrors shows, magic relies on the fact that it does
Prototyping in Tokyo review – Imagining a future full of lifelike tech
23 January 2019
Is art more likely than old-school engineering to create the lifelike quality we will need in a world we share with machines? A robot show has surprising answers
Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds
2 May 2018
Unexpected aspects of how our minds work are revealed in a fascinating book exploring the stories we tell to entertain ourselves and help us cope
This Idea is Brilliant: writing about knowing
21 February 2018
How we get at the truth is a big deal for thinkers in a collection of essays, edited by a great popular science impresario
The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead
3 January 2018
From human evolution to genetics, neuroscience to cosmology, New Scientist picks the books to look out for in 2018
Hellblade, a game route into the world of psychosis
29 August 2017
The game Hellblade is part of a more realistically immersive approach to sharing the hallucinatory world of psychosis
