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Levee Wars, New Neurons, Animal Farts. April 6, 2018, Part 2
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Brainwave Chick
Those who have the neurological condition synesthesia often automatically see colors when they hear music or see numbers or letters.
Music
Study begins to reveal genetic ties behind a neurological phenomenon
brains
Science
From Hollywood to here: ‘Rememory’ and the future of memory
Sophie Scott performing stand-up
Arts
This is your brain on laughter
Cannabis plants.
Science
Marijuana could give a cognitive boost to older brains
Experts say that color and other sensory phenomena can prime our brains to expect certain flavors when we drink wine.
Food
How does a wine’s color affect what we think of its flavor?
Medications
Health
Is a treatment for Alzheimer’s finally in focus?
Brussels sprouts
Science
Scientists think they may have found a way to rewire your brain to like healthy foods
Environment
The tiny nautilus may help illuminate the history of brain development
Brain waves 1
Environment
Listening to the ‘music’ of brain seizures could help epilepsy patients
Brain waves 1
Environment
Listening to the ‘music’ of brain seizures could help epilepsy patients
Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Health & Medicine
An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria
Environment
Technology delivers brain controlled flying robots
Arts, Culture & Media
Scientist maps how brain changes when being creative
Health & Medicine
Larger social networks — especially earlier in life — leads to larger brain development
Arts, Culture & Media
Musician plays through “open-head” surgery
Environment
Debate grows over fMRI scans
Environment
Our brains and New Year’s resolutions
Health & Medicine
Lead and violent crime
Arts, Culture & Media
The Neuroscience of Jazz
Mapping the Brain to Better Understand Ourselves
Understanding the Brains of Mass Killers
Understanding ‘How the Mind Makes Meaning’
The Reading Brain
Air Force study subject receives tDCS
Education
Electricity could boost your kid’s brainpower
Global Politics
Making Memories with a Microchip
The World in Words
Podcast: The Bimusical Brain
Norwegian Mass Murderer Anders Breivik Declared Insane
Making Memories with a Microchip
Global Politics
Saving Memories on a Microchip
Lifestyle & Belief
Study: The Bigger Your Social Network, the Bigger Your Brain
Environment
What we can learn from the brains of babies
Doctor Bridges Gap Between Mind and Machine
Arts, Culture & Media
Identifying Parts of the Brain That Light Up for Beauty
Environment
Report: Brain Implant Could Restore Memory Loss
Big Brains Strike Again
Emerging Science Note/Science of Desire
Brain Eating Diseases
Emerging Science Note/Here’s Lookin’ At You
Emerging Science Note/Can You Hear Me Now?
Emerging Science Note/Problem-Solving Matters
Emerging Science Note/Brain Boost
Environmental Health Note/Now Hear This!
Emerging Science Note/Dream On
MRI Lead Study
Health Note/Resisting Brain Disease
Animal Note
Arts, Culture & Media
Your brain unwired
Environment
Keep your hands to yourself: Child abuse affects our genes
Arts, Culture & Media
The decider: How your brain makes up its mind
Business, Economics and Jobs
This is your (developing) brain on poverty
Environment
Remembering a man who couldn’t
Environment
In a modern-age whodunnit, the brain is used as evidence in an Indian trial
Arts, Culture & Media
Learning about the brain with magic
The World – Episode 20071107 – Germany’s female brain drain
Environment
Gary Marcus
Cell Phone Use Linked With Increased Brain Activity