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Simon Oxenham
The best and the worst of psychology and neuroscience
Simon Oxenham covers the best and the worst from the world of psychology and neuroscience. Formerly writing with the pseudonym "Neurobonkers", Simon has a history of debunking dodgy scientific research and tearing apart questionable science journalism in an irreverent style. Simon has written and blogged for publishers including: The Psychologist, Nature, Scientific American and The Guardian. His work has been praised in the New York Times and The Guardian and described in Pearson's Textbook of Psychology as "excoriating reviews of bad science/studies”.
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Why did an academic at MIT recently make the absurd claim that half of all children will be autistic by 2025?
Much of what we were taught in school about how to learn has been shown to be comparatively ineffective, so what actually works?
A dark period from the past of psychiatry risks being forgotten, we can't allow that to happen.
Despite widespread belief in the myth that sugar causes hyperactivity, scientists have known for more than two decades that the link is all in the mind.
One image has had an incalculable effect on policy around the world, but is it even remotely representative of what happens in the real world? Children who have been neglected can look forward to a more positive outlook than this image would suggest.
A new study demonstrates how headlines can alter how you perceive the content of news articles.
According to a new study, people want to be interested in brain science - but don't act on that desire - or don't get the chance.