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Nature vs nurture debate is ‘totally dead in science,’ says neuroscientist

Science

Unlike smartphones, our mental hardware is tremendously changeable. Here’s how our remarkably nimble brains rewire themselves.

a white bottle of Oxycontin sits on a shelf.

How do our brains react to drugs? A former addict turned neuroscientist explains.

Health & Medicine

Repetition, Art, and the Brain

Arts, Culture & Media

Art and the Brain

Arts, Culture & Media

Repetition, Art, and the Brain

Arts, Culture & Media
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The Brainwave Chick

Arts, Culture & Media

Artist and multi-media professor Paras Kaul is less interested in how our brain experiences art, and more concerned about harnessing the mysteries of what’s inside the brain. She uses mental electricity itself as the raw material for her work.

Vijay Iyer

Arts, Culture & Media

Vijay Iyer is a jazz pianist and composer as well as an accomplished cognitive scientist. His studies of the brain and the body actively shape how he perceives and makes music. Produced by Simon Rentner.

Commentary: The Metaphor Zone

Arts, Culture & Media

When a recent study came out that connected the dots between neuroscience and creativity, Kurt Andersen wanted to know more.

Nancy Andreasen

Arts, Culture & Media

Wouldn’t it be nice to find the little light bulb in your brain that goes off when you have a creative idea? Professor Nancy Andreasen, author of The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius, explains to Kurt about magnetic resonance imaging and what it can find in the brains of highly creative people.

The Neuroscience of Jazz

Arts, Culture & Media

Charles Limb examines what goes on inside the brain of a pianist — while he’s performing.

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