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Robert A. Burton is an American physician, novelist, nonfiction author and columnist. His writing career includes three critically acclaimed novels, one nonfiction work, On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not, 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.

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