World Science Festival
Season 2, Episode 5: My Neurons, My Self
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With ever more refined techniques for measuring complex brain activity, scientists are challenging the understanding of thought, memory and emotion-what we have traditionally called "the self." How do electrical and chemical currents translate to self-awareness? And why does the brain produce consciousness at all? Join a discussion among eminent neuroscientists, philosophers and psychologists who are redefining what it means to be human.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
Engineering Immortality: The End of Aging?
Episode 2
Cartographers of the Brain: Mapping the Connectome
Episode 3
Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity: The Nuts and Bolts of Better Brains
Episode 4
Who Is Out There: Why Alien 'Life' May Be Weirder Than We Imagine
Episode 5
My Neurons, My Self
Episode 6
The Social Synapse: Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections
Episode 7
The Believing Brain: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct
Episode 8
Resistance Is (Not) Futile: The End of Antibiotics and the Future of Fighting Infections
Episode 9
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: The Future of Augmented Intelligence
Episode 10
Forever Young: The Promise of Human Regeneration
Episode 11
The Roots of Extremism: The Fundamentalist in Your Brain
Episode 12
The Microbiome: Vital Cells of Existence