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Improve Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Stop filling your head like a vessel and ignite your flame of learning! Hear what improves learning from a University of Columbia neuroscientist an...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 3
Test Stress
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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You’ve probably experienced test anxiety. Listen to what it’s like for teenagers to take a test with test anxiety. Then hear educators question whe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:12
  • Purchases: 1
How to Measure Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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How do we measure learning? Hear neuroscientists and teachers describe how it's done in the lab and at school.

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 2
Sex Differences in the Brain -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ruben Gur discusses functional and anatomical sex differences in the brain.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 38:59
  • Purchases: 4
Learning Defined
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Listen to experts define learning and lead us through the types of knowledge to be gained in learning. Then hear the basic explanation of how neuro...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Touch -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. David Linden discussed the neuroscience of touch.

Bought by KPVL and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 21:57
  • Purchases: 2
Hotwiring Habits
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Neuroscientist Kyle Smith is using lasers, mazes and rats to figure out how the brain controls habits, and how habits are controlling you.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 4
Voices in the Dark: the people who hear voices
From: Mosaic
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What’s it like to hear voices? Are they hallucinations or a normal human experience?

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 52:22
Pain Unknown: Living with Fibromyalgia
From: Anna Stitt
Caption: We can see that neurons fire when people complain of central pain, but still no one knows why. , Credit: Gerd Altmann
Cindey LeGeyt and Danielle Cellucci have fatigue and intense pain all over their bodies, and they believe they have a disease. But many people say ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Listen to a Concert Cellist Play a Duet With Her Brain
From: Lauren Ober
Series: Radio Amuse-Bouche: A Social Audio Experiment
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Ever wonder what your brainwaves sound like? Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Katinka Kleijn did so, along with composer Daniel Dehaan and sound ...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 3
Lost Languages in the Brain
From: Susanne Bard
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When children are adopted internationally, the first language they hear as babies may not be entirely lost.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
¡A.I. CARAMBA!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: A.I. Caramba!, Credit: Seth Shostak
When the IBM computer, Watson, snatched the “Jeopardy” title from humans, that raised the question: could artificial intelligence ever beat humans ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Abound
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sounds Abound, Credit: Seth Shostak
The world abounds in sound. Now we know what the fuss is about. With computers we can analyze the song of birds (they give each other nicknames) ...

Bought by Gallatin Valley Community Radio, KRPS, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Politics of Disgust
From: Susanne Bard
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Brain scans reveal our political leanings.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Age of Opportunity -- Groks Science Show 2014-10-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Laurence Steinberg discussed the neuroscience of adolescence.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, WRNC-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 4
Skeptic Check: Friends Like These
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Friends Like These, Credit: Seth Shostak
We love our family and friends, but sometimes their ideas about how the world works can seem a little wacky. We look at the examples that BiPiSci ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Trauma Healing -- Groks Science Show 2014-09-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discussed new methods for healing mental trauma in his book, The Body Keeps the Score.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 3
Ultimate Hook Up
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Ultimate Hook Up, Credit: Seth Shostak
Our love-affair with computers marches on: if we wire human brains directly to them, where does the mind end and the machine begin?

Bought by KREV-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: About Face
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: About Face, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans are pattern seeking animals – and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Does that mean The King is speaking to us through TexMex?...

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Our Tasteless Show
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Our Tasteless Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Imagine biting into a rich chocolate donut and not tasting it. That’s what happened to one woman when she lost her sense of smell. Discover what ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KREV-LP, KSKQ, WRIR, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Run! for your brain
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: On Evolution
Caption: Dr. Gary Westbrook, OHSU
A neuroscientist examines how exercise may increase the production of new brain cells in adults

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 10:57
  • Purchases: 3
Mind Reading -- Groks Science Show 2014-04-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Nicholas Epley, professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, discusses his book, Mindwise.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 36:51
  • Purchases: 4
Do the Math
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Do the Math, Credit: Seth Shostak
Fun puzzles for your next urban hike, why brains are wired to count on fingers, and the world’s most famous equations (after e=mc2).

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Cocktail Party Problem
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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You’re at a crowded cocktail party and you somehow hear someone talking to you. How does that happen? Your ears are taking in so much sound and som...

Bought by Radio Newark, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 3