Camilla Nord

Camilla Nord is a neuroscientist and director of the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab at the University of Cambridge. Her research explores how the brain processes pleasure, pain, and mental health, and her book The Balanced Brain translates cutting-edge neuroscience into accessible insights about how our brains create our experiences of wellbeing and distress. Nord challenges common assumptions about mental health, arguing that understanding the brain's balancing act between positive and negative experiences can transform how we think about and treat mental illness. Her books and audiobooks offer listeners a fascinating, evidence-based exploration of the neuroscience of happiness and suffering, written with clarity and intellectual rigour.