The Mind
Here you'll find an exploration of neuroscience, cognition, and psychology. How does biology influence our behavior? How do brain cells react to life experience? What can we learn about global boom-and-bust financial cycles by looking at how our brains are wired? What doe it mean, at the neuropsychological level, to be creative? What about "the hard problem"—consciousness itself?
Shorts
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The Importance of Feedback
Andrew Dawson -
The Articulate Hand: Debbie Graham
Andrew Dawson -
Curing the Aging Brain
Leonard Guarente, Aubrey de Grey -
Process and the Mathematical Revolution
Keith Devlin, Jonathan Borwein, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh -
Creative Math: The Heart of Something Complicated
Robert Krulwich, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh, Jonathan Borwein -
The Origin of Numbers
Robert Krulwich, Jonathan Borwein, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh -
Interpreting Animal Dreams
Matthew Wilson -
Do Lab Rats Dream of Running Mazes?
Matthew Wilson
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Getting Sleep in the Wild
Niels Rattenborg -
The Safety of Sitting Ducks
Niels Rattenborg -
What is Parasomnia?
Carlos H. Schenck -
The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks
Carlos H. Schenck -
Perchance to Dream about Tetris
Robert Stickgold -
Dreams and the Resolution of the Mind
Robert Stickgold -
Spotlight: The Frontier of the Mind
Joy Hirsch -
Moth: Confessions of a Pro-Social Psychopath
James Fallon
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The Birds and the Bees across Species
Jim Pfaus -
The Making of a Spotless Mind
Todd Sacktor -
What Is Memory?
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The Fallibility of 9/11 Memories
Elizabeth Phelps -
The Fiction in Our Identity
Jonah Lehrer, Daniel L. Schacter -
How Good Is Your Memory?
Daniel L. Schacter -
To Remember Better, Build a Mansion in Your Mind
Joshua Foer, Lynn Nadel -
Genius’ Dark Cousin
Dean Keith Simonton, Brian Greene, Philip Glass, Julie Taymor
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What Is Genius?
Dean Keith Simonton, Brian Greene -
‘Genius Cells’ in the Brain?
Douglas Fields -
Robot Learning: Rebuilding Newton
Hod Lipson -
Double Jeopardy: WATSON
David Ferrucci, Rodney Brooks -
The Ghost in the Machine
Rodney Brooks, Faith Salie, David Ferrucci, Eric Horvitz -
The Creative Brain across Time and Cultures
Julie Taymor, Rex Jung, Douglas Fields -
The Making of an Epiphany
Brian Greene, Marcus du Sautoy -
Suddenly, Everything Is Different
Philip Glass, Brian Greene, Marcus du Sautoy, Rex Jung
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Genius: Striking Out a New Path
Jessica Frey, Raja Burrows, Patrick Halley -
BIORYTHM: Opening Reception
The Theremin Inspectors, Chesney Snow, Reactable, Heart ‘N’ Beat -
The Improbable Truth about Numbers
Charles Seife -
Telephone Math: Lost in Translation
Leonard Mlodinow -
Hey, That’s My Birthday Too
Amir Aczel -
The Science of Sleep
Alan Alda, Giulio Tononi -
The Story of the Living, Breathing Mirror
Oliver Sacks -
The Illusion of Speech
Jamshed Bharucha
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Finding God In the Brain
Nina Azari -
Reason and Religion
Thupten Jinpa -
Persistence of Memory
Giulio Tononi -
Democratic System in Our Heads
Alan Alda, Giulio Tononi -
Why Are Scientists Most Like Children?
William Phillips -
Instinctually Musical
Lawrence Parsons -
The Universal Language
Bobby McFerrin, Jamshed Bharucha -
What Does the Brain Have to Do with Music?
Daniel Levitin
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Music: A Whole Body Experience
Lawrence Parsons -
Hearing in Utero
Jamshed Bharucha, Daniel Levitin, Lawrence Parsons -
Dreams, Darkness, and Consciousness
Giulio Tononi, Alan Alda -
The Stranger You’ve Become
Alan Alda, Charlie Kaufman, Giulio Tononi -
Two Minds in One Brain
Charlie Kaufman, Giulio Tononi -
Spotlight: This Is My Brain
Jamshed Bharucha -
Mind Control: Introducing BrainGate
John Hockenberry, John Donoghue -
The Social Neuron
Patrick R. Hof
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In a Coma, Do We Cease to Exist?
Giulio Tononi, Alan Alda -
Cool Job: The Neuroscientist
André Fenton -
The Music of the Spoken Word
Jamshed Bharucha, John Schaefer -
How to Define Consciousness?
Marvin Minsky, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Gregory Chaitin, Mario Livio -
Getting Intimate with Technology
Luciano Floridi, John Hockenberry -
Is Google Making Us Smarter?
Gary Small -
Creating Consciousness
Luciano Floridi, John Donoghue, John Hockenberry -
How to Program Intelligence?
Rosalind Picard, John Donoghue
Full Programs
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Mysteries of the Mathematical Universe
Keith Devlin, Jonathan Borwein, Robert Krulwich, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh -
The Mind after Midnight: Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep?
Carl Zimmer, Matthew Wilson, Niels Rattenborg, Carlos H. Schenck -
Keeping Secrets: Cryptography in a Connected World
Josh Zepps, Brian Snow, Tal Rabin, Orr Dunkelman, Simon Singh -
The Origins of Orientation: Sexuality in 2011
Jim Pfaus, Marc Breedlove, Meredith Chivers, Paul Vasey, Andrew Solomon -
The Unbearable Lightness of Memory
Dan Harris, Daniel L. Schacter, Elizabeth Phelps, Lynn Nadel, Todd Sacktor -
Beautiful Minds: The Enigma of Genius
Philip Glass, Julie Taymor, Rex Jung, Douglas Fields, Dean Keith Simonton, Brian Greene -
Man-Made Minds: Living with Thinking Machines
Faith Salie, David Ferrucci, Eric Horvitz, Hod Lipson, Rodney Brooks -
The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance
Marcus du Sautoy, Gerd Gigerenzer, Leonard Mlodinow, Josh Tenenbaum, Amir Aczel
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Strangers in the Mirror
Oliver Sacks, Chuck Close, Alexandra Lynch, Robert Krulwich -
The Limits of Understanding
Mario Livio, Gregory Chaitin, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Marvin Minsky, Sir Paul Nurse -
Consciousness: Explored and Explained
Charlie Kaufman, Giulio Tononi, Alan Alda -
Eye Candy: Science, Sight, Art
Jules Feiffer, Buzz Hays, Patrick Cavanagh, Margaret S. Livingstone, Christopher W. Tyler, Lawrence Weschler -
Mind and Machine: The Future of Thinking
John Donoghue, Gary Small, Luciano Floridi, Rosalind Picard, John Hockenberry -
The Mathemagician
Arthur Benjamin -
All Creatures Great and Smart
Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods, Jeremy Niven, Patrick R. Hof, Klaus Zuberbühler, Jad Abumrad -
Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus
Jamshed Bharucha, Bobby McFerrin, Daniel Levitin, Lawrence Parsons, John Schaefer
