Podcast
Anger can be healthy, birds on parenting, why teenagers are out of control, getting cold can give you a cold, and noisy hospitals are bad for your health.
Teenage Brains
New research is helping scientists better understand the teenage brain--and may help you better understand your teenager.
Phantom Pain
Science reporter Bob Hirshon tells us about new insights into a mysterious affliction of patients with spinal injuries.
Smoking and IQ
It is well known that smoking cigarettes is bad for your lungs and your heart. Now new research suggests it may also be bad for your brain.
Liars’ Brains
A difference in the brains of pathological liars may be the cause of their strange behavior.
Cocaine and Cigarettes
One listener asks: What do two very different drugs have in common?
Aging Brain Roundup
Memory loss and hearing loss in aging adults may be closely linked.
Perfect Pitch
How the brain interprets pitch has long been a mystery, but a new discovery is providing insights.
Similarities Attract
Do opposites really attract? Bob Hirshon has this report.
Magnetic Brain Therapy
A new technique using magnetic fields may be an alternative to electroshock therapy.
Hearing Voices
Female voices more intensely activate the part of the brain that processes sound, which may be the reason imaginary voices are mostly male.
Parkinson’s & Gambling
Parkinson's medications can cause the urge to gamble, and a thicker ventromedial prefrontal cortex recover more quickly from stress.
Bouncing Babies
Babies learn rhythms by feeling them as well as hearing them.
Aging Brain Roundup
Loss of brain mass doesn't always lead to loss of function, and a device that helps dementia patients communicate.
Brains in Love
Being madly in love activates reward and motivation centers in the brain, just like hunger does.
Sarcasm
People with damage to the right ventromedial area of the brain can't understand sarcasm.
Baby Health Roundup
Computer analysis of baby cries, and babies can accept heart transplants of different blood types.
Predicting Autism
A new method can spot signs of autism in infants as young as six months.
Remote-Controlled Flies
Genetically engineered flies can be controlled with laser light.
Forgetting Dreams
Why can't we remember all of our dreams? (Happens in the deep parts of the brain, perhaps not meant to surface)
TV Bullies
Children who watch a lot of TV are more likely to become bullies later in life.
Bottomless Soup Bowl
People whose bowls kept filling up with more soup ate more, and fans of a winning team are more violent.