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Tag: brain

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3053: Music and the Brain

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on May 21, 2020 · Episode: 3053 Music and the Brain. Today, this is your brain on music.

Tags brain darwin levitin music neuroscience pinker

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3233: Toad Story

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on April 14, 2020 · Episode: 3233 What the Toad Thought. Today, an existential moment.

Tags animals brain environment mind philosophy

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3226: Spin Doctors

Michael Barratt

Posted on February 25, 2020 · Episode: 3226 A Novel Use of a Flight Training Centrifuge for Medical Intervention. Today, Spin Doctors.  

Tags Acceleration; Bullet Wound brain Centrifuge G Forces

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2906: Octopus

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on May 9, 2019 · Episode: 2906 The Octopus Mind. Today, alien intelligence.

Tags alien brain intelligence mind octopus

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2883: Dead Salmon and Good Statistics

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on March 21, 2019 · Episode: 2883 A dead salmon points the way to better brain imaging. Today, outrageous research.

Tags brain fMRI Ig Nobel Prize mri salmon

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2835: Reverse Engineering the Brain

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on November 27, 2018 · Episode: 2835 Reverse Engineering the Brain. Today, we look to the brain.

Tags brain computers eye NAE Grand Challenges

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2821: Lobotomy

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on October 16, 2018 · Episode: 2821 Science gone wrong: the lobotomy. Today, science gone wrong.

Tags brain leucotomy lobotomy Moniz Nobel prize physiology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2802: One Track Mind

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on August 28, 2018 · Episode: 2802 One Track Mind: the central processing unit of a computer. Today, a one track mind.

Tags brain central processing unit computer CPU interrupt multitasking

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3175: Reprogramming the Brain

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on May 24, 2018 · Episode: 3175 Practice and Reprogramming the Brain. Today, practice, practice, practice.

Tags bicycle brain Destin Sandlin mind training

Houston Matters

Experts Gathering In Houston To Discuss How Braille Is Taught – And What It Can Teach Us

Michael Hagerty

Posted on March 5, 2018 · We learn about a gathering in Houston of researchers and educators to discuss Braille, the writing system that allows people who are blind to read by touch.

Tags Braille brain Michael Hagerty Robert Englebretson Simon Fischer-Baum visual cortex visual impairment writing system

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 23, 2018 · Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.  

Tags arithmetic brain combinitorial analysis cosmology mathematics networks statistical mechanics universe

News

Your Besotted Brain: A Neuroscience Love Song

Adam Cole, NPR / Ryan Kellman, NPR

Posted on February 13, 2018 · A Valentine's music video from Skunk Bear explores the ways your brain and body change when you fall in love — and change again as love deepens and matures

Tags brain dopamine neuroscience oxytocin serotonin valentine

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3153: How the Brain Sees

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on December 21, 2017 · Episode: 3153 How the Optic Nerve Effects Sight. Today, a bodily bottleneck.

Tags brain data processing eye photography photoreceptors pixels

News

Why Your Brain Has Trouble Bailing Out Of A Bad Plan

Jon Hamilton. NPR

Posted on December 7, 2017 · Researchers say it takes a lot of brainpower to stop an action, once it's underway. A study found that when people have to change a planned movement, 11 different brain areas have to get involved

Tags brain decision making neuroscience

Houston Matters

For The Human Mind, Is There Anything Beyond Comprehension?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on December 5, 2017 · Dr. Andy Boyd attempts to make sense of that question in his book Beyond Comprehension: A Scientific Look at the Challenge of Knowing Everything.

Tags Beyond Comprehension books brain Dr. Andy Boyd Engines of Ingenuity human mind university of houston

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