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Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she share the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.

Claudia is the presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience & mental health and the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service.

She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex. Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future.

Her latest book, The Art of Rest, examining the science behind our struggles to rest and relax, is published by Canongate. She is also the author of Mind Over Money, Time Warped and Emotional Rollercoaster.

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Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.

She is on the part-time faculty at Boston University’s base in the UK, where she lectures in social psychology and health & well-being.

Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future and is the author of four books – The Art of Rest, Mind over Money, Time Warped and Emotional Rollercoaster.

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Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer.

In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.

She is on the part-time faculty at Boston University’s base in the UK, where she lectures in social psychology and health & well-being.

Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future and is the author of Mind Over Money, Time Warped and Emotional Rollercoaster.

Her latest book, The Art of Rest, examining the science behind our struggles to rest and relax, is published by Canongate.

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Claudia’s awards include:

The President’s Medal from the British Academy

The Best Popular Science Book Award from the British Psychological Society

The Public Understanding of Neuroscience Award from the British Neuroscience Association

The Public Engagement & Media Award from the British Psychological Society

Claudia’s latest book, The Art of Rest, examines the science behind our struggles for rest and relaxation in the 21st century, drawing on the results of ground-breaking research carried out in 135 different countries.

Much of value has been written about the benefits of sleep, but this book focusses on the activities which aid rest and enhance our sense of well-being, demonstrating in the process that resting and doing nothing are not the same thing at all.

The Art of Rest is published by Canongate.