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Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists

Open your mind with Naked Neuroscience, the spine-tingling, interactive monthly exploration of the workings of the nervous system from the Naked Scientists.

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00:37:40

Best Behaviour: Neuroscience and Health

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/01/20

This month we're lifting the lid on health-related behaviour at the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and USA National Academy of Medicine's Rosenthal Symposium. We're asking what neuroscience can tell us about why we tend to overdo it on the cake, despite knowing we shouldn't, and looking at how understanding behaviour can help us change it for the healthier. Plus, we'll discover what's hot off the neuroscience newsreel with the help of some local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by

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00:34:06

Nerves on the Edge

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2018/12/20

This month, we're peeling back the science of the peripheral nervous system, looking at some of the injuries it can sustain, and taking a closer look at exciting new developments on the horizon for treatment. Plus, we'll be digging into the latest neuroscience news with the help of some local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:40:49

How Do We Remember?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2018/11/20

This month - what exactly is a memory? How does the brain suppress unwanted memories, and what can we do to improve our own memory? Plus, news hot off the press, and do our brains have their wires crossed? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:34:55

Scary Science: Fear in the Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2018/10/19

This month, we're peaking out from behind the sofa at the science of fear. Why are some of us so scared of seemingly harmless things? What's going on in the brain when we're frightened? And does cheese really give you nightmares? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:34:51

Criminal Minds?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2015/03/20

What power does science have? We explore the influence of neuroscience in the courtrooms. Could brain scans shape prison sentences? Can it predict who will re-offend? We put the brain on trial with Cambridge University's Neuroscience and Public Policy Research Initiatives. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:29:32

Botox, Anybody?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2015/02/20

Botox injections in the nervous system, keeping brain tissue alive, and the shifting axis of scientific influence... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:32:08

A Brainy Man on a Mission

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2015/01/20

From rags to riches: how a fruit stall selling boy became a brain surgeon and, inspired by the NHS, built a community hospital and neuroscience institute back in his homeland of Kolkata. We meet the President of India who opened the institute, and speak with the patients being treated there... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:33:29

The Wanderings of a Naked Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/12/20

This month we'll be trotting the globe to open our minds! We soak up some naked brain wanderings, including visiting the banja, a Russian sauna, to be whipped by birch leaves. Plus, from the States, we'll meet the caring Robot trio, designed to help look after our increasingly elderly population, we'll visit a Brain Bank in New Zealand, keep fruit flies awake in Milan AND back in the UK meet a rocking professor who's addressing scientific gender inequality with music. Like this podcast? Please help

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00:32:35

Blame the Brain?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/11/19

Putting the brain on trial: did your brain make you do it? Neuroscience in the courtroom exposed. Plus the dark side of new neurotechnologies and do we have free will or are our actions pre-determined? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:24:32

Robots in Society

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/11/18

Meet Brian, the robot programmed to help look after the elderly. Plus we explore the role of robots in combat and in the classroom and we explore the ethics of how science shapes society. This special Naked Neuroscience podcast series, supported by the Wellcome Trust, reports from the International Neuroethics Society annual meeting at the AAAS headquarters in Washington DC and features guest robots Brian, Casper and Tangy, as well as human contributors Goldie Nejat, Barbara Sahakian, Paul Root

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00:26:52

Peering into the Human Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/11/17

Millions invested in brain research across the globe. It's the decade of the brain. But how will the results shape our future societies? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:36:10

The Importance of Play

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/10/19

We examine the child brain: looking how the Victorians viewed babies, ask could early childhood stress, like changing schools, parents divorcing or having an anxious, overbearing mother, EVER be a good thing? Plus we examine the brains of young criminals and ask could brain anatomy and activity findings better inform youth rehabilitation services..... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:00

Teenage Kicks on the Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/09/18

Does smoking dope decrease your potential for pleasure? How the simple act of dieting can rewire brain and a blood test for depression. Reporting from the British Association for Psychopharmacology 2014 Forum. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:56:22

Can chocolate make you happy?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/06/19

Beat anxiety, form healthy habits and induce a happy state of mind. We open our minds by tackling your questions about the brain. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:02

Addressing Autism

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/05/19

Could environmental pollutants play a role? Why is autism sometimes thought of as simply extreme male behaviours? And since genetics are involved, could you diagnose newly born babies and start treating? We get to grips with this often misunderstood condition. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:16

Inside Alzheimers

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/04/19

How are memories formed and lost? Is Alzheimer's just an extreme version of normal ageing? And to what extent does genetics play a role? Can we protect ourselves from developing the disease? We get our head around the disease with Alzheimer's Research UK. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:29:43

Genetic tests for psychiatry?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/03/20

Why are some psychiatric illnesses, like anxiety and depression, on the increase? Could conditions, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, confer an evolutionary advantage? And is it ethical to screen babies for future brain disorders? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:15

Naked in a Brain Bank

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/02/20

Reporting from New Zealand on how a bank of frozen human brains is acting as a reference library, how a Hindu resolves religious and scientific beliefs and scientists creating human brain circuits in a dish in order to piece together the jigsaw of Huntington's Disease. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:19

Naked Neuroscience, Down Under

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2014/01/20

New Zealand adventures with sheep, finding the Huntington's gene, developing new therapies for the brain and unravelling its complexities. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:09

Neuroscience Nuggets 2013!

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/12/20

Touring the brain by visiting a laughter clinic, the sauna and psychadelic goats, plus neuroscience nuggets from Prof Nutt! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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