Mo Costandi

Mo Costandi

mo costandi

Moheb Costandi is a freelance science writer based in London. His work has been published in Nature, Science, Scientific American, The Guardian, and New Scientist, among other publications. His latest book is Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, October 2022). He also authors the blog Neurophilosophy. Follow him on Twitter @mocost.

A group of people sleeping on a train.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
A soccer goalkeepers is diving to save a ball.
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
A man is having a near-death experience while laying in a hospital bed.
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
A man sitting at a table with a cup of tea, experiencing chronic pain.
Chronic pain is often driven by brain processes that can be reprogrammed.
A girl in a blue jacket raises her hand in class, demonstrating language proficiency and recall.
Language influences how you visually process the world, which in turn influences your memory of it.
A high-fat diet might trigger inflammation of the hypothalamus.