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Celia Ford

Future Perfect Fellow

Celia Ford is a Future Perfect Fellow focusing on the intersection of emerging technology, culture, and the mind. She is also fascinated by the process of science, the institutions that fund it, and the people who make it happen.

Before joining Vox, Celia was a freelance contributor and American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow at Wired, where she wrote about neuroscience, biotech, and public health. Previously, she covered the craft of science writing as an Early Career Fellow at The Open Notebook.

Celia received a bachelor’s degree in cognitive neuroscience from Brown University and a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California Berkeley. She is based in the California Bay Area, where she loves to play music, dance, and kiss her cat on the forehead.

You can send questions, story ideas, and tips to [email protected]. She’s sporadically on Twitter at @cogcelia.

Latest articles by Celia Ford

Elephants have names — and they use them with each otherElephants have names — and they use them with each other
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A new study reveals elephants are more like humans than we realized. What does that mean for the movement for their rights?

By Celia Ford
Can artists use their own deepfakes for good?Can artists use their own deepfakes for good?
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Musician FKA twigs made a digital clone of herself. Is this the future of celebrity?

By Celia Ford
Dopamine, explained
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Dopamine detoxing, hacking, and fasting: Is any of it real?

By Celia Ford
Your phone can tell when you’re depressedYour phone can tell when you’re depressed
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Emerging apps use AI to guess when you’ll be sad. Can they also help you feel better?

By Celia Ford