His interest in comedy and science lead to him combining the two and attempt to write humorous takes on topical science stories. After working several jobs he returned to Cardiff University as part of the Psychology School where he completed a neuroscience PhD in the role of the hippocampus in configural learning.Īlongside his studying, Dean developed an interest in comedy, eventually taking the plunge and trying stand-up in 2004, a hobby he maintains to this day. After completing his A-levels he attended Cardiff University to complete a BSc in Neuroscience.
This is the website for Doctor Dean Burnett, neuroscientist, lecturer, author, blogger, media pundit, science communicator, comedian and numerous other things, depending on who’s asking and what they need.Īlthough employed as a tutor and lecturer by the Cardiff University Centre for Medical Education in his day job, Dean is best known for his satirical science column ‘Brain Flapping‘ at the Guardian, and his internationally acclaimed debut book ‘The Idiot Brain‘.ĭean Burnett was born and raised in Pontycymer, a working-class former mining village in the South Wales valleys, which explains his strong Welsh accent. Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this book is for everyone who has wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to.ĭean Burnett is a neuroscientist and psychiatry lecturer at the Centre for Medical Education at Cardiff University and is the author of the Guardian’s most-read science blog, Brain Flapping. In Idiot Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett celebrates blind spots, blackouts, insomnia, and all the other downright laughable things our minds do to us, while also exposing the many mistakes we've made in our quest to understand how our brains actually work. Yet all of this, believe it or not, is the sign of a well-meaning brain doing its best to keep you alive and healthy. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at night while our brains replay our greatest fears on an endless loop. Yes, it is an absolute marvel in some respects-the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of all human experience-but your brain is also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out-of-date. You walk into the kitchen, or flip open your laptop, or stride confidently up to a lectern, filled with purpose-and suddenly haven't the foggiest idea what you’re doing. It's happened to all of us at some point.
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