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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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00:30:00

Bombing the Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/11/20

Chemical warfare, how serving in Afghanistan left it's mental scars plus brainwashing to tweak belief systems. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:00

Can we make a fake brain?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/10/19

A special edition Question and Answer show: how do prosthetic limbs work? Can you train your brain? And is a brain transplant possible? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:01

Is technology tweaking our brains?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/09/19

Toddlers addicted to smart phones, speaking to a cyborg, computers that predict emotion, electrically inducing human creativity and is technology widening the inequality gap? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:29:49

Tickling your brain: why do we laugh?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/07/19

Rats being tickled, a visit to the laughter clinic, and a toddler's favourite joke. We uncover the brain basis of funny! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:00

Are you Addicted?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/06/19

Recovering from alcoholism via community creativity, goats high on psychedelics, cheeky monkeys on mojitos and can expectant mothers drink? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:54:40

From Russia with Love

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/06/06

From Russia with Love! Reporting from Lake Baikal in Siberia. In this special episode, I visit Russia for a conference and from there, we'll be finding out how Russian neuroscience is getting a collosal injection of cash from the government, how nicotene switches off attention in the teenage brain, plus, I visited the Banya, a Russian sauna, to be whipped with birch leaves..... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:01

Music and the Mind!

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/05/19

Infected by earworms, what Mozart does for the mind, plus are creativity and delusions linked? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:32:16

Paying attention to ADHD

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/04/19

Is ADHD overdiagnosed? How can parents and teachers help those affected? What happens when ADHD children enter adulthood? And do diet and genes pave the way to developing the disorder? Plus in the news, we turn on pleasure pathways through music and find out what gets a Prof up with the larks... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:02

Get Lost! Navigating the Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/03/20

Combining virtual reality and treadmills to map navigation in the brain. We ask how starlings flock in such a synchronised murmuration. And in the news, inducing creativity by electrically tweaking human brains, how video games could help national security, plus we find out what's been keeping Professor Gage up all night! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:16

Addicted to Love?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/02/20

What happens when you fall into, and out of, love? We get to the bottom of the cuddle hormone oxytocin and find out if the contraceptive pill is good for relationships. And we navigate our way around a fruit flies brain to find out how pheromones make them in the mating mood. Plus, we'll explore if it's scientifically possible, and even ethical, to bring on love in humans. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:31:26

Probing Parkinson's

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2013/01/20

Why are researchers punching into people's skin if they are on a quest for knowledge about the brain? What does the birth of new brain cells do for memory? Plus can a 'tumour paint' be developed to help beat brain cancer? And can we shed those post Christmas extra inches by doing difficult maths problems, instead of hitting the treadmill? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:17

The Genetics of Brain and Behaviour

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2012/12/14

Could genetics pave the way for developing schizophrenia or Alzheimer 's disease? Is there a genetic link between optimism and obesity? Is it ethical to screen people's DNA? Plus we find out what a nap might do for your memory, how a new study is turning addiction treatment on its head and we unravel what it means to be human. Plus we unzip whether DNA might make for an extremely high IQ! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:32:40

Smart Drugs, Anyone?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2012/11/20

We find out exactly what is going on in the brain during the teenage years. Plus we ask should we all be taking drugs to make us 'smarter'? And we find out about wiring up bats for neuroscience research and beating addiction with positive messages. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:32:32

New Brain Cells, Anyone?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2012/10/20

What does exercise and experience do for the brain? Improving maternal care, the brain networks of impulsive behaviour and the rewards of sharing experiences with friends! Plus turning hair into nerve cells to help beat Alzheimer's and we find out what keeps a Nobel Laureate up all night. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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