Additional Resources Iain McGilchrist website Harvard Museum Video on Phineas Gage About Phineas Gage The hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different views of the world – one literal,…
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Additional Resources: Wim Hof’s website Extreme athlete Wim Hof has set records for immersion in icy water, and he recommends it for physical and mental health. Find out why his…
Additional Resources Dr. Basso’s website “Lil Buck” video Dance for PD (interstitial) Dancer and neuroscientist Julia Basso, PhD, wants us all to dance — together or separately, it’s all good.…
Season 2 Episode 17 – Making Sense of Music Sound may be the least understood of the five senses, with music the most mysterious of all. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of…
Smell is our most evocative sense, with instant associations with emotions and memories. Cognitive neuroscientist Rachel Herz, PhD, explains why she loves the stink of a skunk, why a blow…
Season 3 Episode 1 – The Nine Triggers of Rage The human brain is designed to “snap” under threat, but 100,000 years of evolution did not prepare us for the…
Language originates as brain signals — mysterious lines of squiggles — that somehow turn into speech. Meet the neuroscientist who is turning those squiggles into conversations, using artificial intelligence (A.I.)…
Depression, anxiety, low libido… your mood is directly related to what you eat. Nutritional psychiatrist (and chef) Uma Naidoo, MD, examines the “gut-brain romance” and explains the delicate balance between…
From the outside, a human brain appears fairly uniform – but what’s inside is very different depending on where you look. Your brain has complex maps within that allow you…