Episode 5: 'The Teenage Brain Is Like a Sports Car'
Stephen is one of thousands of so-called "juvenile lifers" who have an unexpected shot at freedom today. Up until 2005, most juveniles could be sentenced just as harshly as adults: that meant life...
View ArticleExhibition Explores the Fine Art of Neuroscience
Grey Art Gallery Director Lynn Gumpert and neuroscientist Dr. Larry Swanson discuss the exhibit The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. It’s the first U.S. museum exhibition to...
View Article'Government by Goldman,' A South Pole Adventure, Crossing the Gender Divide
Gary Rivlin discusses "Government by Goldman," his investigation into Trump's chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and the deregulatory agenda that benefits Goldman Sachs. Laurie Gwen Shapiro talks about...
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Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations
The new field of epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and expressed differently through changes in environment and behavior. Rachel Yehuda is a pioneer in understanding how the effects...
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A mother uses a similar tone with babies, no matter the language
As part of the study, a mother plays with her child at the Princeton Baby Lab. Photo by Elise PiazzaMothers across languages change the timbre of their voice in similar ways when they speak to babies,...
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How a brain gets hooked on opioids
Pain and pleasure rank among nature’s strongest motivators, but when mixed, the two can become irresistible. This is how opioids brew a potent and deadly addiction in the brain.Societies have coveted...
View ArticleWhy Learning to Play an Instrument Is Good for Your Brain
Have you always wanted to play an instrument, but were worried that it might be too late to learn? Let's change your perspective just a bit. True, you might not come out blazing with flawless execution...
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Mayweather will beat McGregor, neuroscience predicts
Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) of the U.S. and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor of Ireland face off during their official weigh-in at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on...
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Matthieu Ricard — Happiness As Human Flourishing
A French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk and a central figure in the Dalai Lama's dialogue with scientists, Matthieu Ricard was dubbed "The Happiest Man in the World" after his brain was imaged. But he...
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Even moderate drinking may expedite brain decline
VImbibing just a handful of beers a week is associated with long-term changes to a person’s brain, a new study finds — although the functional meaning of these changes is unclear. Photo by Michael...
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Helen Fisher — This Is Your Brain on Sex
As an anthropologist on the frontier of seeing inside our brains, Helen Fisher explores the thrilling and sometimes treacherous realms of love and sex. In the research she does for Match.com and her...
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Tiffany Shlain — Growing Up the Internet
When Tiffany Shlain thinks of her favorite quote from naturalist John Muir, she thinks of the internet: "When you tug at a single thing in the universe, you find it's attached to everything else." As a...
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James Doty — The Magic Shop of the Brain
Brain surgeon James Doty is on the cutting edge of our knowledge of the brain and the heart: how they talk to each other; what compassion means in the body and in action; and how we can reshape our...
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Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain
Few features of humanity are more fascinating than creativity; and few fields are more dynamic now than neuroscience. Rex Jung is a neuropsychologist who puts the two together. He's working on a...
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Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations
Genetics describes DNA sequencing, but epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and expressed differently through changes in environment and behavior. Rachel Yehuda is a pioneer in...
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Why a baby’s first touch may set their sense of the world
For newborn babies, human touch may be a brain booster. Photo by Sally Anscombe/via Getty ImagesRelative to other primates, human children enter the world underdeveloped, namely when it comes to our...
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Why an LSD high lasts for so long
A new discovery of how LSD changes a protein’s structure may explain why the drug is so powerful, and why its trips are so long and strange. Illustration by agsandrew/via AdobeOne drop of LSD can erase...
View ArticleThe Neuroscience of the Mandela Effect
If you misremember Queen’s “We Are the Champions” ending with the line “of the world!” or the children’s book series “The Berenstain Bears” as “The Berenstein Bears” — you might be experiencing a...
View ArticleBring A Neuroscientist to Work
After years studying neuroscience, Tara Swart started using what she’d learned to help CEOs run their companies - and lives - better.
View ArticleElection 2016: America's Rorschach Test
The election of Donald Trump was a surprise for many journalists, pollsters, and pundits, who are now asking what went wrong and what was missed along the way. With the help of Chris Arnade, a...
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