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Sep 28, 2023

How can our "ancient" brains struggle to cope with the deluge of distraction from modern-day technology?
 
Dr. Adam Gazzaley, professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco reveals how cellphones and video games are designed to capture and hold our attention by triggering instinctual responses...


Sep 22, 2023

Speech therapists have long used music to help patients regain their voices after stroke or brain injury. Today's music therapists are going even further, developing strategies that use music on patients with Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, cognitive issues, and more. Hear from Neurologic Music Therapist...


Sep 8, 2023

Unlike a broken bone or clogged artery, a brain that goes awry due to disease or injury—or even an errant molecule—causes weird and unpredictable changes in personality. Hear some of the bizarre tales of tiny particles that alter behavior from neurologist Sara Manning Peskin, author of A Molecule Away From Madness.


Jun 30, 2023

With each of us receiving more than 30,000 messages a day - everything from news headlines to print, TV, radio, and online advertising - how do today's marketing professionals have a chance of getting a product or service to stand out?  Dr. Christophe Morin is a "neuromarketer," combining his expertise in neuroscience...


Jun 16, 2023

Your brain, your heart -- in fact, every cell in your body -- has its own clock telling you when to be alert and when to pack it in. You probably know that jet lag and daylight savings time affect that clock, but did you know that the food you eat (and when you eat it) as well as your activity level can also wreak havoc...