Richard E. Cytowic

Richard E. Cytowic is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. His books include Synesthesia, The Man Who Tasted Shapes, The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology, and Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age.

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Thinking

When your father is a magician, what do you believe?

A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances.

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Business

Not remotely cool: The science of “Zoom fatigue”

Why “audio gaps” in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.