David Robson, Author of “The Expectation Effect”

Today, my guest is, David Robson, Author of The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life and an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body and behavior.

After graduating with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, David worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon,  Men’s Health  and many more outlets.

In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic. In 2022, he won Mental Health Story of the Year at the MJA Annual Awards and was a finalist for the Best British Science Journalist of the Year Award from the ABSW.