Barbie Effect
To study how we perceive our environment, scientists created the illusion of being either Barbie …
The Brain
Blind Echolocation
Blind people who can echolocate use their brain's visual center to do so.
Brainy Noses
We may owe our large brains in part to the earliest mammals’ sense of smell.
Podcast for 10 June 2011 – Vision & The Brain
What reindeer can see that we can't. How some blind people are using echolocation to navigate the …
Sleep Roundup
New research sheds light on what’s going on in the brains of sleeping teenagers.
Erasing Memories
Scientists have extinguished, or at least greatly weakened, a long-term memory in a sea snail.
The Embarrassed Brain
Researchers have identified the region of the brain responsible for humiliation.
Podcast for 13 May 2011 – Neuropsychology
Researchers erase sea snail memories, the brain's sarcasm detector, why a lack of embarrassment …
Sarcasm, Lies & Dementia
A new study links a failing sense of irony to a form of early-onset dementia.
Autism & Visual Processing
Autistic people use their brains differently than non-autistics when processing visual information.