Selected Articles:
- My many selves: how I learned to live with multiple personalities: Emma Young meets a woman with dissociative identity disorder and discovers what happens when you lose your sense of being an individual Mosaic, 13 June, 2017. (Widely republished by other media, including the BBC.)
- Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening. In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. This is how they did it. Why other countries won’t follow suit? Mosaic, 17 January, 2017. (Winner: Feature of the Year (specialist) 2017, awarded by the UK Medical Journalists’ Association. Widely republished – by The Atlantic, among other outlets.)
- Why are so many of us over-sensitive?. When a gentle glow feels like a spotlight and everyday sounds hurt your ears, life can get anxious and painful. But there may be an upside to being highly sensitive. Mosaic, 14 June, 2016.
- How sharing other people’s feelings can make you sick. Too much empathy can burn you out. But there is another route to caring without crumbling. New Scientist, 11 May 2016. Empathy pdf.
- The animals that sniff out TB, cancer and landmines. Mosaic, 16 February, 2016. Republished by the Guardian (minus the dogs).
- Eat to treat: Is it possible to use food as medicine to treat type 2 diabetes? Mosaic, 22 March, 2016
- Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself, New Scientist, 27 January, 2016
- Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper, New Scientist, 6 January, 2016
- What the nose knows: Losing your sense of smell takes away more than scents and flavours – it can fundamentally change the way you relate to other people, Mosaic, 4 August, 2015
- Know it all: 10 secrets of successful learning, New Scientist, 25 March, 2015 Know It All pdf
- Secrets of the strong-minded. Can children be made more psychologically ‘resilient’ to traumas like 9/11 – as well as the stress of everyday life? Emma Young meets a former school principal who believes they can. Mosaic, 16 September, 2014. Also published by BBC Future.
- Can you supercharge your brain? Applying mild electrical currents to your head could take away pain, help memory and improve attention – and the US military is very interested. Emma Young reports. Mosaic, 3 June, 2014 Also published by BBC Future.
- Vagus thinking: meditate your way to better health New Scientist, 18 July, 2013.
- Gut instincts: The secrets of your second brain New Scientist, 17 December, 2012.
- Deprive Yourself: The real benefits of fasting New Scientist, 22 November, 2012.
