Guy Claxton
Scientist
About Speaker
Prof Guy Claxton is an applied cognitive scientist. His research explores the nature of optimal (real-life) intelligence, the psychological barriers to achieving it, and practical ways of developing such intelligence through educational, psychotherapeutic and spiritual pursuits. He holds a 'double first' from Cambridge in Natural Sciences and a DPhil in Experimental Psychology from Oxford, and has taught at Oxford, University College London, King's College London, Winchester and Bristol Universities. His nearly forty books include Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases when You Think Less, The Wayward Mind: An Intimate History of the Unconscious, and Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More than it Thinks. He lives in Sussex, England, with his wife, the curator and biographer Judith Nesbitt.