Professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London
Manos Tsakiris is professor of psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, and director of the interdisciplinary Centre for the Politics of Feelings at the University of London. His research investigates the neural, affective and cognitive mechanisms of self-awareness and social cognition. He is the co-editor with Helena De Preester of The Interoceptive Mind: From Homeostasis to Awareness (2018).
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Mood and emotion
Politics is visceral
In an age thick with anger and fear, we might dream of a purely rational politics but it would be a denial of our humanity
Manos Tsakiris
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Neuroscience
‘Let the soul dangle’: how mind-wandering spurs creativity
Julia F Christensen, Guido Giglioni & Manos Tsakiris
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Neuroscience
The brain-heart dialogue shows how racism hijacks perception
Manos Tsakiris