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Pleased to have a new piece in The Times and The Sunday Times about the nose-brain connection, and the power of smell training to ward off cognitive decline (£) thetimes.com/life-style/hea…

Can we control our emotions, or do they control us? Believers in the latter tend to have lower wellbeing; others tend to engage in ‘cognitive reappraisal’—questioning their interpretation of what upsets them. David Robson explores emotional regulation: buff.ly/84ci910

I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD. But on the eve of tomorrow's vote, it boils down to this. Enshrining in law a state-funded right to die, while not enshrine a similar right to the palliative care that might make life worth living, is deeply wrong. 🧵

Last year, Kay “Kate” Shemirani murdered my sister, her own daughter, Paloma. Paloma was 23. She died from a totally curable cancer, 7 months after mistakenly putting her life in Kay’s hands. Kay was physically beating her until the week she died. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

How to strike up a friendly conversation psyche.co/guides/how-to-… New Psyche Guide by Mike Yeomans. It can be awkward at first, but there are specific methods you can use to spark an enjoyable chat with just about anyone

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

Were the Stoics wrong, and is anger actually a positive emotion? That is what the latest scientific research seems to say, writes David Robson—physical and verbal signs of angry frustration tend to bring better results, at least when measured and focused: buff.ly/hVXzUid

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza. apnews.com/article/palest…

📱 Willpower is overrated. Study after study shows that focus isn’t about forcing it—it’s about changing your environment. It’s called situation modification. That’s why I launched Phones in Focus—the first national study on how school phone policies shape student success.

A truly chilling story. Guardian reporting that the Israeli Defence minister has asked IDF to draw up plans to move 600,000 Palestinians to a camp on the ruins of Rafah, something he calls a “humanitarian city.” Once in, they wouldn’t be allowed to leave. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

My new piece for the BBC looks at "wobbly tooth puberty" at around 6, which marks the sometimes tempestuous beginnings of middle childhood, as we start developing a more complex understanding of ourselves, our feelings and the people around us bbc.com/future/article…

“There is no need to scream when you want more food if you can simply say 'I’m hungry', and a caring adult responds.” Fascinating insight into what happens during the often overlooked middle childhood, from David Robson.

The illusion of understanding - why the way we communicate matters: observer.co.uk/news/science-t… My latest piece for The Observer New Review examines the many cognitive biases that prevent us from saying what we mean, and how to prevent them

🗣️A word from my mother about a few of the many forms of violence: “Starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and child is violence. Discriminating against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing

We assume other people will understand what we say. But not only is that often ambiguous, they also interpret it from their perspective. David Robson explains why the illusion of understanding trips us up and why we’d better assume we’ll be misunderstood: buff.ly/xKsLaJm