--- title: Masud Husain | TIME description: Masud Husain is a professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford. His new book, Our Brains, Our Selves, won the UK Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. canonical: https://time.com/author/masud-husain/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/masud-husain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Masud Husain ## Masud Husain Masud Husain is a professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford. His new book, [_Our Brains, Our Selves_](https://www.amazon.com/Our-Brains-Selves-Neurologists-Patients-ebook/dp/B0CZTX41YJ), won the UK Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. ## Masud Husain *  Apr 15, 2026 ### [The Neuroscience of the Self](https://time.com/article/2026/04/15/the-neuroscience-of-the-self/) An Oxford neuroscience professor explains how neuroscience can help us answer questions philosophers... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/masud-husain/","name":"Masud Husain"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/masud-husain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/masud-husain/"},"name":"Masud Husain","jobTitle":"","description":"Masud Husain is a professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford. His new book, Our Brains, Our Selves, won the UK Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.","url":"https://time.com/author/masud-husain/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```