Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow VR could help treat depression with "radical behaviorist" Dr. Kim Bullock
Season 5 Episode 3
Today, we're going to talk about virtual reality and how it could be used to treat depression.
We're talking with psychiatrist Kim Bullock, the found…
1 year, 10 months ago
Electronic skin and the future of wearable technology | Zhenan Bao
Season 5 Episode 2
The skin is full of contradictions. It’s soft and sensitive, but also tough and resilient, even self-healing. It’s both the barrier that protects us …
1 year, 10 months ago
How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction | Michelle Monje and Rob Malenka
Season 5 Episode 1
This week, we're diving into recent research that sheds light on a new form of brain plasticity involving changes in the insulation of nerve fibers —…
1 year, 11 months ago
Our plastic brains: learning, memory and aging with the one and only Carla Shatz (Rerelease)
Season 4 Episode 6
-- We're re-releasing our conversation with Carla Shatz, one of our favorites from the archive, which comes up all the time on the show in the contex…
1 year, 11 months ago
Programming Announcement
Hi everyone — quick programming announcement. As we head into summer, we'll be moving to an every-other-week cadence as we prepare more conversations…
1 year, 11 months ago
Neuroscience and AI: What artificial intelligence teaches us about the brain (and vice versa) | Surya Ganguli
Season 4 Episode 5
The powerful new generation of AI tools that has come out over the past few years — DALL-E, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the rest — have blown away …
1 year, 11 months ago
How we remember, why we forget | Anthony Wagner
Season 4 Episode 4
At some point in our lives, we all struggle with memory — learning a new name, remembering that book you were reading just yesterday or that word on …
2 years ago
Psychedelics Part 2: How do drugs alter our perceptions? | Boris Heifets
Season 4 Episode 3
Today, we're going to talk about how psychedelics alter our perception of reality and what that says about... reality!
Welcome to part two of our co…
2 years ago
Psychedelics, placebo, and anesthetic dreams | Boris Heifets (part 1)
Season 4 Episode 2
Psychedelics are a hot topic in psychiatry today. They’re producing dramatic reversals for patients with severe depression, PTSD, and other mental h…
2 years ago
Why our brains are bad at climate change | Nik Sawe
Season 4 Episode 1
This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we're talking about the neuroscience of climate change with neuroeconomist Nik Sawe.
If you follow the science…
2 years ago