Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3053: Music and the Brain
Posted on · Episode: 3053 Music and the Brain. Today, this is your brain on music.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3233: Toad Story
Posted on · Episode: 3233 What the Toad Thought. Today, an existential moment.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3226: Spin Doctors
Posted on · Episode: 3226 A Novel Use of a Flight Training Centrifuge for Medical Intervention. Today, Spin Doctors.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2906: Octopus
Posted on · Episode: 2906 The Octopus Mind. Today, alien intelligence.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2883: Dead Salmon and Good Statistics
Posted on · Episode: 2883 A dead salmon points the way to better brain imaging. Today, outrageous research.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2835: Reverse Engineering the Brain
Posted on · Episode: 2835 Reverse Engineering the Brain. Today, we look to the brain.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2821: Lobotomy
Posted on · Episode: 2821 Science gone wrong: the lobotomy. Today, science gone wrong.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2802: One Track Mind
Posted on · Episode: 2802 One Track Mind: the central processing unit of a computer. Today, a one track mind.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3175: Reprogramming the Brain
Posted on · Episode: 3175 Practice and Reprogramming the Brain. Today, practice, practice, practice.
Houston Matters
Experts Gathering In Houston To Discuss How Braille Is Taught – And What It Can Teach Us
Posted on · 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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers
Posted on · Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.
News
Your Besotted Brain: A Neuroscience Love Song
Posted on · 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
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3153: How the Brain Sees
Posted on · Episode: 3153 How the Optic Nerve Effects Sight. Today, a bodily bottleneck.
News
Why Your Brain Has Trouble Bailing Out Of A Bad Plan
Posted on · 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
Houston Matters
For The Human Mind, Is There Anything Beyond Comprehension?
Posted on · Dr. Andy Boyd attempts to make sense of that question in his book Beyond Comprehension: A Scientific Look at the Challenge of Knowing Everything.