The World from PRX

Cognitive neuroscience

soccer team carrying the goalposts
Science
Why your brain never runs out of problems to find
Neuronal activity
Science
Research suggests a new reason for teens’ risky behavior
Why we laugh
Science
Why we: a) laugh b) love TV c) have nightmares
Actress Julianne Moore arrives at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on March 1, 2015. Her portrayal of Alzheimer's in the film "Still Alice" helped spotlight the effects of the disease on women.
Health
Why do so many more women have Alzheimer’s than men?
A Haitian child who will be placed for adoption sleeps in his crib at an orphanage outside of Port-au-Prince.
Science
There may be languages lurking in your unconscious mind
Global Politics
Boys don’t do as well as girls in school – video games can help
Is Empathy Inherited or Taught? Listeners Respond
The World in Words
Podcast: Finally, Proof that Fiction is Good for You
The World in Words
Consciousness, Poetry, and Bilingual Babies
Science Note
Global Politics
No Sympathy For ‘Empathy’
Business, Economics and Jobs
This is your (developing) brain on poverty
Arts, Culture & Media
Poetry of war in the Caucasus