Explain the Brain

From The Mind Science Foundation (mindscience.org), a little show that asks big questions about our minds, with help from the boldest scientists in neuroscience and psychology. Produced and hosted by public radio reporter Audrey Quinn.

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10-28
00:37

Ep. 27 Joy Hirsch and the Future of Neuroscience

This Yale researcher wants to take her field in a completely new direction.

10-10
14:39

Ep. 25 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 3

Can a borderline psychopath rehabilitate himself?

08-23
12:12

Ep. 26 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 4

How to spot the psychopaths in our political history, and our current election.

08-22
05:50

Ep. 24 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 2

How to stop a psychopath. Hint: You've got to start early.

08-16
07:13

Ep. 23 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 1

A neuroscientist makes an unsettling discovery.

08-09
13:09

Ep. 22 Zoran Josipovic and Meditation

This neuroscientist thinks Western science is missing the mark by studying the markers of consciousness, instead of the thing itself.

05-03
09:34

Ep. 21 Justin Hulbert and Memory Suppression

Justin Hulbert's found that by suppressing bad memories we may compromise our ability to form new memories.

03-31
18:34

Ep. 20 Heather Berlin and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Heather Berlin's a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and she has a new theory for the causes behind OCD.

02-27
07:31

Ep.19 Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Neuromagic

Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde reveal what magicians can teach neuroscientists.

02-05
10:49

Ep. 18 David Eagleman And Sensory Substitution (rebroadcast)

Neuroscientist David Eagleman is creating a new device to help blind people "see." And it looks a lot like an an athletic vest.

12-24
05:58

Ep. 17 David Eagleman And Synesthesia (rebroadcast)

What's really going on in the minds of synesthetes?

12-17
05:05

Ep. 16 David Eagleman And Neurolaw (rebroadcast)

Conventional thinking about brains, and blame, can be useless in a court of law.

11-27
05:30

Ep. 15 David Eagleman And Our Perception of Time (rebroadcast)

That whole idea of an internal clock? It's a lie.

11-12
05:45

Ep. 14 Maria Konnikova And Mindfulness

The author of "Mastermind" explains how to better use your brain.

10-22
18:38

Ep. 13 Anthony Greenwald And The Implicit Revolution

Modern psychology is just now coming to grips with our subconscious thoughts -- and finding there's not a lot we can do to control them.

09-24
08:56

Ep. 12 Diana Reiss And Dolphin Consciousness

Hunter College cognitive psychologist Diana Reiss describes her search for the Rosetta Stone of dolphin language.

08-27
07:06

Ep. 11 Joseph LeDoux And Anxiety

The way we’ve studied anxiety has been more helpful to rats in mazes than humans in stressful situations.

07-23
09:14

Ep. 10: David Eagleman and Sensory Substitution

Neuroscientist David Eagleman is creating a new device to help blind people "see." And it looks a lot like an an athletic vest.

10-21
06:09

Bonus Episode: Paul Zak and the Wonders of Oxytocin

This neuroeconomist thinks he's found a reason why we do nice things for other people.

10-14
05:08

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