The Curious Mind

Season 1

2018 · 4 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1 - The Imperfect Brain

   26 Aug 2018 · 45 min

   Join Nigel Latta to explore the apparently very simple question: What is your brain? It's something humans have struggled to understand for millennia, and science for several decades.

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   2. Episode 2 - The Social Brain

   2 Sept 2018 · 45 min

   In this episode we question the narrative that human beings are selfish. Modern neuroscience has blown that myth apart, showing human connection to be an incredibly important function of the brain.

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   3. Episode 3 - The Super Charged Brain

   9 Sept 2018 · 45 min

   In this episode we're going to find out why we remember certain things and forget others. We'll also look at what happens to the brain when it gets damaged.

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   4. Episode 4 - What is Your Brain

   16 Sept 2018 · 45 min

   For most of human history our brains dealt with pretty straight forward problems. But that brain is the exact same one we now use to grapple with the modern world.