David Robson
Science Writer, London
David Robson is a science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. He is the author of The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life (2022) and The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and How to Make Wiser Decisions (2019). He lives in London.
Written by David Robson
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Self-improvement
Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser
David Robson
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Language and linguistics
Words as feelings
A special class of vivid, textural words defies linguistic theory: could ‘ideophones’ unlock the secrets of humans’ first utterances?
David Robson
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Mood and emotion
Why your favourite film baddies all have a truly evil laugh
David Robson