Neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo explores her story of love and loss, and what she’s learned about what makes us fall in love and what breaks our hearts.
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What’s really happening when we dream
Antonio Zadra, a researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about neuroscientific insights into our dreaming minds.
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There IS such a thing as too much pleasure
Dr. Anna Lembke, a medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, joins us to discuss the neuroscience of pleasure, why our bodies crave it, and the consequences of overconsumption.
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How your brain navigates
Neuroscientist Christopher Kemp explains our brain’s ability to orient ourselves in space and find our way through a confusing world.
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What It’s Like To Gain A Sense
Dr. Susan R. Barry, professor emeritus of biology and neuroscience at Mount Holyoke College, joins us to discuss three case histories, including her own, of people gaining a new way of seeing or hearing at an older age.
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How Your Brain Rewires Itself
Neuroscientist David Eagleman, host of the Emmy-nominated television series “The Brain,” joins us to talk about the latest understanding of how our minds work.
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Why Humans Evolved To Be Friendly
Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, joins us to talk about how sharing and caring led early humans to evolve past their rivals.
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The Best Way To Listen To This Show Is While Walking
Trinity College Dublin neuroscientist Shane O’Mara joins us to talk about why ditching the car is great for your body, your mood and your connection to your fellow man.
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How To Live Better As We Live Longer
Daniel Levitin is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University, and he joins us to talk about what he calls human life’s two stages: “healthspan” and “diseasespan,” and explain how brain science can promote the former.
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How Our Brains Keep Us Safe
Scott Grafton, chair of the neuroscience department at the University of California – Santa Barbara, joins us to discuss the science of how we move without thinking.
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You: Meet ‘Digital’ You
Neuroscientist and psychologist Michael S. A. Graziano joins us to talk about current research into our deepest selves.
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Are Male and Female Brains Really So Different?
Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, joins us to talk about current studies on gender differences in the brain.
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