Camilla Nord

Neuroscientist, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

Camilla Nord is a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is writing her first book, on the neuroscience of mental health and disorder, which will be published by Penguin Press. She lives in Cambridge with her wife, Rebecca, and cat, Darwin.

Written by Camilla Nord

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The brain’s reading of the body’s state is key to mental health

The neural basis of ‘interoception’ – the interpretation of bodily signals – is affected in many mental health conditions

by Camilla Nord

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Mental disorders are brain disorders – here’s why that matters

The most vital quandary of mental health disorders and therapies today is not whether they change the brain but how

by Camilla Nord