Synesthesia is the mysterious mingling of the senses that creates the experience of “seeing” sounds or “hearing” colors. Neurologist Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. has spent his career exploring this remarkable…
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Interstitial theme music Narrator: There’s a classic kid’s joke – Why was six afraid of seven? … Because seven ate nine! If your numbers have distinct personalities, you have something…
Would a better understanding of the brain lead to better outcomes in court? Professor Francis X. Shen, neuroscientist and lawyer, has devoted his career to “neural law” – leveraging neuroscience…
(Interstitial Theme Music) Narrator: As former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan once said, “there is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the stand, points…
Sound may be the least understood of the five senses, with music the most mysterious of all. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University takes us on a tour of how…
Narrator During this break, we’re going to take a moment to hear from some people who made music in school, and continue to “invest” in music making as adults. (Band…
Worried about dementia, depression, or the zombie apocalypse? Greg Gage, PhD, has a solution for all of these – teach more kids about neuroscience, stat. His company, Backyard Brains, makes…
(music under) Narrator: Let’s take a moment to see how the “Backyard Brains” program works with actual teenagers. Here’s Dr. Gage giving a TED talk in 2015… Greg Gage: (fade…
True creative genius may well be the last frontier in human evolution – the only trait that can’t be replaced with technology. Dr. Robert Bilder, who directs the Tennenbaum Center…
A writer stuck on a script. An artist staring at a blank page. A composer who can’t quite figure out what the next notes should be. In this edition of…