Matter of the Mind

At the end of every interview for Matter of the Mind, we asked the same question: what fascinates you about the brain? In this bonus episode, we embedded some of these brain fascinations in music and sound to share them with you! Music: Lee Rosevere – Just Blue Sky Daniel Birch – Looking Out To Sea Lee Rosevere – Taking And Sending Fließgewässer – Tropfsteinhöhle Cape Willoughby Road – Flying Carpet Chris Zabriskie – I’m About to Do the Second Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done Mannateas – Everglade (Side A) Lee Rosevere – Planet G Daniel Birch – Set Adrift Lee Rosevere – Twilight Dawn Daniel Birch – Sleep Kai Engel – Mercy

Our lives are packed with decisions. How do they come to be and how much control do we have over them ourselves? In the final episode of our series, we investigate what neuroscientists can add to this discussion - and how other disciplines respond. Music: Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountain Lee Rosevere - Vagus Lee Rosevere - Soft Euphoria Chris Zabriskie - I Should Have Been More Human NAPZ - Apparat Chris Zabriskie - Candlepower Daniel Birch - Deep In Peace Three Chain Links - Heavy Traffic Lee Rosevere - Where Was I? HexOcularyNewt - Cute Mecha Lee Rosevere - Here’s Where Things Get Interesting Lee Rosevere - A List of Ways to Die Chad Crouch - Moonrise Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden Podington Bear - Three Colors Lee Rosevere - Distant Shores Lee Rosevere - Eileen

How do we see the world around us? In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of our visual system and find out that vision isn't as straightforward as it seems. Along the way, we see what happens when the process of perception goes wrong. Music: Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountain Antethic - Breath Craft (Kraizer Keto mix) Lee Rosevere - Where Was I? HexOcularyNewt - Where Crawling Robots Have Forgotten Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun Chris Zabriskie - Take Off and Shoot a Zero Lee Rosevere - Flow Cloudkicker - Tmesis (12/12/2005) Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles Chris Zabriskie - Heliograph Lee Rosevere - Transitioning Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running a Marathon with Thousands of Other Highly Qualified People Who Are All Trying to Defeat Me Chris Zabriskie - CGI Snake Guenter Schlienz - Bon Voyage Lee Rosevere - All the Answers Chris Zabriskie - What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X Lee Rosevere - Taking the Time Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary Chris Zabriskie - A New Day in a New Sector Chris Zabriskie - I Should Have Been More Sea Offs - Leave

Because of advances in the field of neuroimaging, more and more of our brain is brought to light. What could this lead to in the future? As we get lost in the workings of brain scanners, we encounter what could happen when you expose the invisible. Music: Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains Podington Bear - Loll Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch - M87 Chris Zabriskie - I Can't Imagine Where I'd Be Without It HexOcularyNewt - Cute Mecha Lee Rosevere - Where Was I? Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden Chris Zabriskie - Air Hockey Saloon Chris Zabriskie - What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X Chris Zabriskie - Heliograph Lee Rosevere - Crimson Park Lee Rosevere - We Don't Know How it Ends Lee Rosevere - Curiosity Chris Zabriskie - Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To Lee Rosevere - Betrayal Lee Rosevere - Inside Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary Lee Rosevere - They Wait Chris Zabriskie - Divider Lee Rosevere - Slow Lights Lee Rosevere - First Walk Blear Moon - Recalling

Few people get to a life where interaction with the outside world is close to impossible. But for those that do, the impact is enormous. In this episode, we talk to researchers that are trying to restore their ability to communicate. Music: Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains Chris Zabriskie - Take Off and Shoot a Zero Fog Lake - Fading Away Chris Zabriskie - The House Glows (With Almost No Help) Kai Engel - Headway Lee Rosevere - Where Was I? Lee Rosevere - It's A Mystery Chris Zabriskie - Land On the Golden Gate Lee Rosevere - All the Answers Lee Rosevere - Sad Marimba Planet Chris Zabriskie - Air Hockey Saloon Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles Antethic - Искусство Дыхания Lee Rosevere - Transitioning Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun Chris Zabriskie - Another Version of You Lee Rosevere - EMDR Lee Rosevere - Taking the Time Lunartica Library - Allswell Sundown

How does our brain change? Can it simply rewire itself? In a story past amputees and our critical period, we uncover the brain's seemingly endless possibilities – and, at last, its limits. Music: Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains Chris Zabriskie - The House Glows (With Almost No Help) bolus - comacentre Chris Zabriskie - The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III A Ninja Slob Drew Me - There We Walked Chris Zabriskie - To Hide Their Secrets Lee Rosevere - Daydreaming Snakecharm - Welcome to my brain Lee Rosevere - Where Was I? Chris Zabriskie - Divider Guenter Schlienz - Bon Voyage Chris Zabriskie - Land On the Golden Gate Snakecharm - Maze Chris Zabriskie - Readers! Do You Read? Chris Zabriskie - Candlepower Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary Chris Zabriskie - Another Version of You Lunartica Library - Sentient Bean Lee Rosevere - Tough Decisions Cloudkicker - Empyrian to Behold Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun Lee Rosevere - You Will Never Truly Know How Much You Mean To Me Lee Rosevere - They Wait Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden Tovatronica - Stardust

Two guys fascinated by the brain, that’s how this podcast came to be. When we dove into the realm of neuroscience, we found many researchers trying to uncover the secrets hidden in this mysterious organ. In this 5-episode podcast series, we take you on a scientific journey, past neurons screaming for attention, threats to our mental realm, and ideas that could shift our opinions about ourselves.