World Science Festival
Season 1, Episode 5: Engineering the Brain: Deploying a New Neural Toolkit
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A new generation of technology is revolutionizing neuroscience, allowing a closer study of the brain than had ever seemed possible. The techniques are hybrids of optics, genetics, and synthetic biology with the ability to manipulate brain activity, often in real time. Through direct stimulation of neural connections, some of these techniques hold the promise for the treatment of diseases like depression or schizophrenia.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Infinite Worlds: A Journey through Parallel Universes
Episode 2
Quantum Reality: Space, Time, and Entanglement
Episode 3
A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram
Episode 4
Beyond Beauty: The Predictive Power of Symmetry
Episode 5
Engineering the Brain: Deploying a New Neural Toolkit
Episode 6
Gravitational Waves: A New Era of Astronomy Begins
Episode 7
Hidden Dimensions: Exploring Hyperspace
Episode 8
Neutrinos, Matter, and Antimatter: The Yin Yang of the Big Bang
Episode 9
How Music Affects Your Brain: Notes on the Folds
Episode 10
Measure for Measure: Quantum Physics and Reality
Episode 11
The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance
Episode 12
The Matter of Antimatter: Answering the Cosmic Riddle of Existence