Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Unit Medical Psychology, School of Medicine-Bellaterra Campus, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Research on neurobiology of fearfulness-anxiety, psychobiology of intergroup conflict and neuroimage of mental disorders. Author of 20 books and 190 papers on neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology journals. Visiting Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry (University of London), and Universities of Groningen, Tel Aviv, Venice, and Córdoba (Argentina). Radio programs, regular columns in Barcelona media and extensive lecturing across Spain on scientific topics. Main awards: City of Barcelona, Science, 1992; Avui, Scientific Journalism, 1991; Serra i Moret, Civic Promotion, 1994; European-Estudio General, Scientific Popularization, 2004; Serra d’Or, Scientific Essay, 2014. Recent Books: Píldoras o Freud, Madrid: Alianza, 2012; Devotos y descreídos: biología de la religiosidad, Valencia: PUV, 2014; La Pasión Secesionista, Barcelona: EDLibros, 2016; Neurología de la Maldad, Barcelona: Plataforma, 2017; Neuropolítica, Barcelona: EDLibros, 2018; Talento desperdiciado Barcelona: EDLibros, 2019; Manipuladores: psicología de la influencia tóxica, Barcelona: Plataforma, 2019; Fragmented Catalonia: New York: Rowman&Littlefield, 2021.