Sharon Begley is the senior science writer at STAT, the life sciences publication of the Boston Globe. Previously she was the senior health & science correspondent at Reuters (2012-2015), the science editor and science columnist at Newsweek (2007 to 2011), and the science columnist at The Wall Street Journal (2002 to 2007).
She is the author of the 2017 book Can’t Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions; co-author (with Richard J. Davidson) of the 2012 book The Emotional Life of Your Brain; author of the 2007 book Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain; and co-author (with Jeffrey Schwartz) of the 2002 book The Mind and the Brain.
Sharon is the recipient of numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville for communicating science to the public, the Public Understanding of Science Award from the San Francisco Exploratorium, and the Victor Cohn prize. She has spoken before many audiences about science writing, neuroplasticity, and science literacy, including at Yale University (her alma mater), the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Sciences.
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Articles:
Depressed Mothers Have Children With Enlarged Amygdalas, Says Study
Sharon Begley
Training Faulty Brains to Work Better
Why It Hurts More When He Means to Hit You
Medical Breakthrough: The Viral Link to Mental Illness
The Depressing News About Antidepressants
Tetris for Trauma?
Get Shrunk at Your Own Risk