Saga Briggs, PGCert

Journalist & Editor
  • Psychology

Saga Briggs is one of the editors of the MIND blog. She is a journalist with a background in science communications and the literary arts. For many years she managed InformED, a resource that connects teachers and students with cognitive science. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College in the U.S. and a postgraduate certificate from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London. Follow her @SagaMilena.

Blog Posts

Predicting the Temporal Dynamics of the Psychedelic Experience

How to Change Your Mind — with Exercise

Social Connection, Oxytocin, and Harm Reduction: An Interview with Julie Holland, MD

Merging Biology and Psychotherapy Within Psychiatry: An Interview with Collin Reiff, MD

Did Consciousness Arise to Keep the Body Alive?
conscious-breathing

Conscious Breathing and Psychedelics
relational-therapy

Relational Psychotherapy and Psychedelic Treatment
her_egodissolution

Dissolving Ego Dissolution

Beyond the Therapeutic Alliance: How MDMA and Classic Psychedelics Modify Social Learning
social interoception hands on a tree

Social Interoception
forest path

How predictive coding is changing our understanding of the brain