Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3175: Reprogramming the Brain
Posted on · Episode: 3175 Practice and Reprogramming the Brain. Today, practice, practice, practice.
Tag: brain
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.
Houston Matters
Treating Severe Stroke Is the Focus of Medical Conference
Posted on · The annual Neurocritical Care Research Conference takes place on May 13, 2016, at the Texas Medical Center. The conference is focused on research into subarachnoid hemorrhage, a disease that can impact younger adults. To tell us more about it, we talk with Dr. Jose Suarez who heads neurocritical care at Baylor College of Medicine, and who first […]
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.
Houston Matters
Could ‘Deep Brain Stimulation’ Help Treat Depression When Other Options Fail?
Posted on · We learn about research being conducted here in Houston designed to treat people suffering from depression for whom traditional antidepressants and therapy don’t seem to work. We discuss what’s known as “deep brain stimulation,” and why some believe it can succeed where other treatments for depression sometimes fall short.