Reversing Blindness in India
A project that restores sight to blind people in India is highlighting the resiliency of the human brain.
Medical Roundup
Slowing Alzheimer’s disease by cleansing the brain of toxic proteins; also, new findings on a sweet-tooth hormone.
Science Breakthroughs of 2015: The Lymphatic Brain
Science Breakthroughs of 2015: An unexpected finding in the brain.
Computer Learning
Scientists reverse-engineer the human learning process to help computers think more creatively.
Focusing in on Attention
Functional MRI brainscans could identify attention deficit disorders in the resting brain.
Two Person MRI
Neuroscientists are studying interactions by squeezing two people into an MRI scanner.
Placebos & Depression
People who respond better to fake medicine may also get more relief from the real thing.
New Old Neurons
Scientists are developing new strategies for making old neurons to study diseases of aging.
Tinnitus & Chronic Pain
The common roots of chronic pain and tinnitus.
Brain Organoids
Organized clumps of neural tissue called brain organoids could let researchers study neurological disorders in the laboratory.
Beating Bitterness
How do certain foods banish the bitter aftertaste of some medications?
Place Memories
When a familiar place changes, two brain regions work together to update our memories.
Whistled Turkish
A language researcher studies Turkish villagers who communicate through whistles.
Brainets
Coordinating brain activity between patients and therapists could be the future of treatment for brain injuries and diseases.
My Virtual Dream
A neuroscientist crowd-sources brainwave data at musical events for her research.
Reversing Addiction
Could a drug erase the memories that keep addicts coming back for more?
Alcohol & the Adolescent Brain
Heavy drinking before the age of 25 may lead to lasting changes in parts of the brain critical for memory and learning.
Brain Stimulation & Creativity
Stimulating the brain with mild electrical current may enhance creativity and treat depression.
Cat Brain Parasites
Probing the effects of a cat-borne parasite on the brains of its victims.
Anorexia & Hunger
The brains of people with anorexia don’t connect the feeling of hunger with reward.
Brain Insulin Resistance
Insulin-resistance in the brain may be responsible for mood disorders in diabetics, and may also play a role in Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders.
SURVIVAL IN THE WILD
SURVIVAL (Encore Presentation) - Why female Komodo dragons die young, a whale that sounded like a person, and algae that flee their predators. Also: how the brain's insulation differs between us and chimpanzees, and why that insulation is so important to social development.