Stories by Simon J. Makin

Simon J. Makin is an auditory perception researcher turned science writer and journalist. Originally from Liverpool in the north of England, he has a bachelor's in engineering, a master's in speech and hearing sciences, and a Ph.D in computational auditory modeling from the University of Sheffield. He spent several years working as a research fellow in the psychology department at the University of Reading, before recently branching out and retraining in journalism. Follow Simon J. Makin on Twitter @SimonMakin

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Sleep on It

“One hundred repetitions three nights a week for four years - sixty-two thousand four hundred repetitions make one truth.” These are the thoughts of Bernard Maxwell as he reflects on The World State’s sleep-teaching technique, hypnopaedia, in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World , before concluding: “Idiots!”Learn While You Sleep?...

November 20, 2012 — Simon J. Makin

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The Story of a Lonely Brain
Prologue:Humans are born to a longer period of total dependence than any other animal we know of, and we also know that mistreatment or neglect during this time often leads to social, emotional, cognitive and mental health problems in later life...
October 1, 2012 — Simon J. Makin