nationality notableworks article_title name occupation
american '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- '' on being certain '' -lrb- 2008 doc-in-a-box -rrb- '' a skeptic 's guide to the mind -lrb- '' 2013 -rrb- -lrb- 1991 -rrb- '' cellmates '' robert a. burton
 robert a. burton novelist , nonfiction author , columnist and neurologist
robert a. burton

robert a. burton is an american physician , novelist , nonfiction author and columnist .
his writing career includes three critically acclaimed novels , the nonfiction books `` on being certain : believing you are right even when you 're not '' and `` a skeptic 's guide to the mind : what neuroscience can and can not tell us about ourselves '' , and a column at `` salon.com '' on neuroscience and culture , entitled `` mind reader '' .
his medical career includes being the chief of the division of neurology at mt. zion ucsf , and associate chief of the department of neurosciences .
burton graduated from yale university and the university of california at san francisco medical school , where he also completed his neurology residency .
he is a resident of the san francisco bay area .
