Ep 52 "What is lucid dreaming?" (Sleeping & Dreaming Part 3)
Can you become conscious inside a dream? Can a researcher convey information to a dreamer, and can the dreamer find some way to answer back? Does 10 seconds inside a dream equal 10 seconds in real lif...
25 Mar 20241h 2min
Ep 51 "Why do brains dream?"
Why do brains dream, and why are dreams so bizarre? Why doesn't your clock work in your dreams? And even though you spend much of your working day looking at your cell phone and computer – why do they...
18 Mar 202452min
Ep50 "Why do we spend 1/3 of our lives asleep?" (Sleeping & Dreaming Part 1)
Why do we spend 1/3 of our lives in the strange doppelganger state of sleep? Can we die from a lack of sleep? How long is it possible to keep yourself awake (and why does the Guinness Book of World Re...
11 Mar 20241h 15min
Ep49 "Can you read the brain to detect a lie?
Could you get convicted of a crime based on your brain activity? Are brain scan lie detectors accepted in court, or would that count as illegal search and seizure? And what does this have to do with y...
4 Mar 202442min
Ep48 "Why do brains become depressed?"
What is depression? Why are brains able to slip into it? Is depression detectable in animals? Do animals have options beyond fight or flight? And what does any of this have to do with measuring depres...
26 Feb 202454min
Ep47 "Wheels rotate backwards on TV, but do they ever in real life?"
Do our visual systems see in frames like a movie camera or instead analyze the world continuously? Why do you see multiple hands when you clap under yellow street lamps? How did Hollywood launch from ...
19 Feb 202431min
Ep46 "Who says you're dead?"
Can a person be declared legally dead even though he is very much alive? In December of 2010, why did a number of families choose to pull their loved ones off life support just before the new year? Ho...
12 Feb 202448min
Ep45 "Why did a man shoot himself after hearing the lottery numbers?" (Time Traveling: Part 3)
Who is the most disappointed medalist at the Olympics? How do brains simulate what might have been? How can you get your kid to wear a jacket in the cold? What if you had to face more successful versi...
5 Feb 202442min
