Christian Jarrett

A cognitive neuroscientist by training, Christian is the Editor of Psyche, a global digital magazine that illuminates the human condition: https://psyche.co. Christian has written about psychology and neuroscience for publications across the world, including BBC Future, WIRED, New York magazine, New Scientist, GQ Italia and The Guardian. He was the founding editor and creator of the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, presenter of their PsychCrunch podcast, and an award-winning journalist on The Psychologist magazine. His books include The Rough Guide to Psychology and Great Myths of The Brain. His latest, BE WHO YOU WANT: Unlocking The Science of Personality Change, was published in 2021 and won the 2022 book prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Christian will never forget holding a human brain in his hands as part of a neuroanatomy class, the grey mass so heavy as if filled still with memories and dreams. Find Christian on Twitter @Psych_Writer.