Dublin, Ireland
Science & Health Writer · Clinical Neuroscientist
Neuroscience is fascinating.
It shouldn't be this hard to explain.
I write about neuroscience, psychology and mental health. Rigorous enough for scientists. Readable enough for everyone else.
About me
The brain behind
the writing.
I'm Laura, a Clinical Scientist in Neuropathology and Research Neuroscientist based in Dublin, Ireland. I've spent years studying the brain professionally, which means I understand the science well enough to know exactly how to explain it to someone who doesn't.
What I write about
Three fields.
Infinite questions.
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Understanding it, and explaining it clearly, is what I do.
From molecules to behaviour: how the brain builds our entire experience of the world. Translated for curious minds who want the real science, not a simplified version of it.
The science of how we think, feel, decide, and occasionally catastrophise. Grounded in research, without pop-psychology shortcuts, just written with the nuance the field deserves.
Evidence-based writing that bridges clinical science and lived experience. Accurate, compassionate, and free from the kind of reductive framing that does more harm than good.