Is Time Real?

Some physicists and philosophers would say no, time is an illusion; time is not real. How can that be? Is our sense of time all wrong?

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Brain Time

The days of thinking of time as a river—evenly flowing, always advancing—are over. Time perception, just like vision, is a construction of the brain.
New Scientist time story

New Scientist magazine featured my time perception research as their cover story.
CNN's Next List - video profile

I was named a CNN Next List Fellow. Watch two clips from the show.
Disinformation and "fake news"

Lately we've heard the concern about the ease with which disinformation spreads -- the problem of fake news. But is our era meaningfully different from previous eras?

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Possibilianism at PopTech

Click here to watch David's talk on possibilianism at PopTech. Executive director Andrew Zolli wrote: "This is one of the best talks ever at PopTech. Everyone should watch this."

Neurolaw: The Brain on Trial

Want to know how neuroscience will force major changes in our criminal justice system? Read David's article The Brain on Trial in The Atlantic. Now anthologized in 2012 Best American Science and Nature Writing.