The Neuro Clinic

Dean Burnett on Communicating Neuroscience

The Neuro Clinic

Show Notes

A conversation with neuroscientist, author, blogger, occasional comedian, Dr Dean Burnett. Dean is the author of the the popular Guardian Science blog ‘Brain Flapping’ (now ‘Brain Yapping’ on the Cosmic Shambles Network with accompanying podcast), the bestselling books The Idiot Brain and The Happy Brain, and his first book aimed at teens, Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It.

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