Explain the Brain

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Ep. 9 Catherine Snow and the Development of Language Oct 07, 2014

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What's really important when it comes to raising good readers? This Harvard psychologist has found parents matter even more than you might think.

Ep. 8 David Eagleman and Synesthesia Sep 23, 2014

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What's really going on in the minds of synesthetes?

Ep. 7 Charles Nelson and Fear Sep 09, 2014

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When you see someone with a frightened face, it's hard to look away. Charles Nelson looks at when, and why, we get this attraction to fear.

Ep. 6 Mahzarin Banaji and Unconscious Biases Aug 26, 2014

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This Harvard psychologist's work has shown that most of us are racist, sexist, age-ist, class-ist, able-ist, and so on. Basically we're pre-destined to stereotype others. But, she says, that doesn't mean we can't retrain our brains to move past prejudices. A longer version of this interview appeared in Episode 7 of The Organist podcast: https://soundcloud.com/the-organist/mahzarin-banaji-ep-7-the

Ep. 5 David Eagleman and Neurolaw Aug 12, 2014

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Conventional thinking about brains and blame can be useless in a court of law.

Ep. 4 Jean Berko Gleason and How We Learn to Talk Jul 29, 2014

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When it comes to learning language, kids aren't just copying adults.

Ep. 3 David Eagleman and Our Perception of Time Jul 15, 2014

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That whole idea of an internal clock? It's a lie.

Ep. 2: Karen Adolph and Babies on the Move Jun 11, 2014

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This New York University psychologist sends infants over cliffs in order to watch them learn locomotion. You will never look at a crawling baby the same way again after hearing this story.

Ep. 1: Abigail Baird and Troublesome Teens Jun 11, 2014

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This Vassar College psychologist blames adolescent blunders on a surprising cause: over-thinking. She says teenagers have to concentrate to do simple tasks that adults can get through on auto-pilot.

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