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is a neurosurgeon and the author of the book Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery (2024). He lives in New York City.

is a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, US, originally from Istanbul, Turkey. Her primary interests are in ethics and aesthetics.

Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.