Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans

This is a fascinating guide to neuroimaging and the wonders of one of the most complex structures in the universe: our brain. * PD Smith, The Guardian *A valuable primer on what fMRI can and cannot tell us, at least at the moment. * Julian Baggini, The Financial Times *Rich coverage of behavioural research. * Russell Poldrack, Nature *The authors highlight ethical issues that should be of interest to all of us. * Psychology Today *This concise, engaging tome begins by explaining the science behind fMRI technology to a non-specialist readership. The studies that follow are compelling. * Emmanuelle Smith, Therapy Today *Once picked up, this book is not easy to put down… it provides an important introduction to breakthroughs emerging from neuroimaging for people who are wondering what all the recent fuss regarding the brain is all about. * Professor John Krystal, MD, Yale University *

Barbara J Sahakian is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry and at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and co-inventor of the Cambridge Cognition CANTAB computerized neuropsychological tests and the Peak Wizard memory game and Advances Training Plan. She is co-author of Bad Moves: How decision making goes wrong and the ethics of smartdrugs (OUP, 2013), with Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta, and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics (OUP, 2011), with Judy Illes. Barbara J. Sahakian became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2017Julia Gottwald is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Psychiatry at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute. She has a strong interest in interdisciplinary research and holds academic degrees in Biochemistry from the Free University of Berlin and Neuroscience from the University of Oxford. She is very active in the public communication of science, through events such as Pint of Science and the Cambridge Science Festival, and was awarded the BAP PublicCommunication Prize 2016.