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.
Tag: 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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3146: Some Reflections on Human Comprehension
Posted on · Episode: 3146 Some Reflections on Human Comprehension. Today, we reflect.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2660: Inside the Machine
Posted on · Episode: 2660 Computers, Brains, and the Church-Turing Thesis. Today, inside the machine.
Houston Matters
Researchers Study How Your Favorite Song Affects Your Brain
Posted on · (Above: A researcher studies brain scans of a patient inside an MRI, in a video from Houston Methodist.)Houston Methodist recently conducted a study concerning music’s effect on the brain. In the study, the subjects were placed in an MRI machine and exposed to various types of pre-selected music and plain speaking, and then a song […]
Full Show
Virginia Shooting, Political Roundup, and the Effect of Music on Your Brain: Wednesday’s Show (June 14, 2017)
Posted on · (Above: Two people hug in an area blocked off by police crime scene tape in Alexandria, Va., after a shooting during a congressional baseball practice June 14, 2017. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) We’re learning more about this morning’s shooting in Alexandria, Va., during a Republican Congressional baseball practice. Members of Congress and their […]
Health & Science
Has Modern Experience Changed The Human Brain?
Posted on · The brain evolved over evolutionary time scales of millions of years. So what's the likelihood that modern experience could have had an impact? Alva Noë says a new study might give the topic light.