David Robson is an award-winning science journalist. He was a features editor at New Scientist for five years and is currently a senior journalist at BBC Future, where he specialises in psychology, neuroscience and medicine. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, examines the psychology of why smart people make stupid mistakes and the ways we can all make wiser decisions. It was published in March 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton.
Researchers are only just beginning to really understand anaesthesia awareness.
General anaesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. But now there’s evidence that one person in 20 may be awake when doctors think they’re under.
