Explain the Brain

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Update Oct 28, 2016

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Ep. 27 Joy Hirsch and the Future of Neuroscience Oct 10, 2016

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This Yale researcher wants to take her field in a completely new direction.

Ep. 25 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 3 Aug 23, 2016

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Can a borderline psychopath rehabilitate himself?

Ep. 26 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 4 Aug 22, 2016

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How to spot the psychopaths in our political history, and our current election.

Ep. 24 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 2 Aug 16, 2016

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How to stop a psychopath. Hint: You've got to start early.

Ep. 23 Jim Fallon and the Psychopaths, Part 1 Aug 09, 2016

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A neuroscientist makes an unsettling discovery.

Ep. 22 Zoran Josipovic and Meditation May 03, 2016

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This neuroscientist thinks Western science is missing the mark by studying the markers of consciousness, instead of the thing itself.

Ep. 21 Justin Hulbert and Memory Suppression Mar 31, 2016

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Justin Hulbert's found that by suppressing bad memories we may compromise our ability to form new memories.

Ep. 20 Heather Berlin and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Feb 27, 2016

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Heather Berlin's a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and she has a new theory for the causes behind OCD.

Ep.19 Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Neuromagic Feb 05, 2016

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Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde reveal what magicians can teach neuroscientists.