Jessica Steventon is a neuroscientist at Cardiff University and a British Science Association Media Fellow at openDemocracy. She has a keen interest in mental health, dementia and science communication. Follow her on Twitter: @JessSteventon
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Published in: HomeEgg freezing: a misplaced solution to society’s failure of women?
Egg freezing is marketed as a choice-enhancing tool to empower women. With motherhood increasingly devalued...
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Published in: HomeIs statistics the prize weapon in the Zika arms race?
International political wrangling is stymieing progress in fighting Zika at the cost of a swelling number of...
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Published in: HomeSweet poison: why our brains need a sugar tax
Sugar may not just be harming your waistline, but also your brain.
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Published in: Home‘Less than human’: does asylum system harm child refugees’ mental health?
The UK government has agreed to accept an unspecified number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers. With escalating...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical thinking: can violent extremism be prevented by addressing mental health?
Against a backdrop of increasingly frequent violent extremism, we must explore the possibility of avoiding future...