Dean Burnett
Neuroscientist and science writer
Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist who writes about the brain with humor. He has written for The Guardian and is the author of Emotional Ignorance.
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Born in Bridgend, United Kingdom
About Dean Burnett
Dean Burnett studied neuroscience at Cardiff University, earning a BSc and later a PhD on the role of the hippocampus in configural learning. He has also worked there as a tutor and lecturer. He tried stand-up comedy for the first time in 2004 and later joined that interest to his science background by writing funny takes on topical science stories. This led to a regular blog for The Guardian from 2012. His debut book, The Idiot Brain, was an international bestseller, and The Happy Brain followed it. Emotional Ignorance is also among his books.