Outreach Media — Ian Mahar

Neuroscientist and Advocate

Useful Science 56: Racial Disparities in Health and Medicine

July 2nd, 2021.

Useful Science 48: Sleep and Lunch Breaks

December 28th, 2020.

Useful Science Five-Year Anniversary Special

September 22nd, 2020.

Useful Science 42: Productivity and the Color Green

September 7th, 2020.

Useful Science 38: Clinical Trials, COVID-19, and Ethics

July 7th, 2020.

Useful Science 33: Temper Tantrums

April 28th, 2020.

Useful Science 25: Smartphones

September 6th, 2019.

Useful Science 21: Sleep

March 2019

Useful Science 20: Going Outside

August 2018

Useful Science 17: Bad science reporting

October 2017

Useful Science 13: Online dating, marathon runners, and pizza

June 2016

Useful Science 5: Placebos

November 2015

Useful Science 3: Wealth equality, antidepressants, and happiness

October 2015

Useful Science 1: Gift giving, vocal fry, and love

September 2015

On Your Mind 64: Macho Estrogen with Ian Mahar

February 2015

On Your Mind 52: SKA2 Sucks

October 2014

On Your Mind 33: When Kat’s away, the mice get afraid with Ian Mahar

May 2014

On Your Mind: CREM de la CREB with Ian Mahar

November 2013

Articles for the general public

Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?

The Conversation (2016) (with Joshua Jackson, Jaan Altosaur, and Michael Gaultois)

Inspiration from gamers on tackling mental health stigma

The Conversation (2013)

Nobody Wins When Horror Games Stigmatize Mental Illness

Kotaku (2013)

The Two Ways You Become Immersed in Video Games

Kotaku (2012)

The Neuroscience of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

io9 (2012)

The origins of empathy?

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2012)

The root of human progress

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2011)

Concussion repurcussions

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2011)

Brains need love too

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2011)

Certiorari emptor; on informal routes of public education

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2010)

New neurons and a new therapeutic target

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2010)

Why effective scientific communication is crucial, and sometimes lacking

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2010)

Brain Awareness Week

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2010)

Why blog?

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Blogs (2009)