Andrew Smart

Author of Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing, published by Or Books, Smart is a research scientist specializing in cognitive neuroscience. He has written for Harvard Business Review and Quartz. He formerly worked at Lund University in Sweden on using noise to improve memory and attention in children with ADHD, and as a research scientist at New York University, analyzing brain imaging data from experiments on the neural basis of language. His recent work includes developing sensor-based indices of cognitive effort among cancer and stroke survivors. His interests are consciousness, philosophy of mind, brain-computer interfaces, and idleness.