How Our Brains Process Numbers | Prof. Andreas Nieder
Walk into a room and you instantly know, roughly, how many people are there, without counting. So does a monkey. So does a crow. So, strangely enough, does a bee! In this episode, Andreas Nieder - Pr...
27 Jul 1h 6min
Cancer and the Brain: How Neurons Help Tumors Grow | Prof. Frank Winkler
Could the nervous system be helping cancer grow? Research in #cancer #neuroscience is revealing a surprising two-way communication between neurons and cancer cells that is changing how we understand t...
29 Jun 46min
Sleep, Psyche, and the Buddhist Mind | Dr. Tony Fernando
What is sleep really? Why do we overthink? And why do so many people struggle to find peace in modern life? In this episode of Neuroscience and Beyond, I speak with Dr. Tony Fernando - psychiatrist, s...
25 Mai 2h 12min
Building a Better Future for Science | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Tiago F. Outeiro
Are we evaluating scientists in the wrong way? In this episode of Neuroscience and Beyond, Prof. Dr. Tiago Outeiro discusses some of the biggest challenges facing science: 🔬 Too many researchers comp...
18 Mai 14min
From Pixels to Perception: Vision, Memory, Mood and Brain Disease Cures | Prof. Nicole Rust
Your eyes don't see the world; your brain constructs it. But how, and what does it miss along the way? In this episode of Neuroscience and Beyond, we speak with Prof. Nicole Rust, Professor of Psych...
28 Apr 1h 26min
Is Academia Truly Diverse? | Challenges in Academia with Dr. Sven Truckenbrodt
Does international representation automatically mean #diversity in academia? In this episode, Dr. Sven Truckenbrodt reflects on what diversity in science truly means, going beyond background to includ...
13 Apr 17min
Parkinson’s Disease: Early Diagnostics and the Future of Treatment | Prof. Tiago Outeiro
Can Parkinson’s be detected years before symptoms appear, and can we slow it down early? In this episode of Neuroscience and Beyond, we speak with Prof. Tiago Outeiro about the future of Parkinson’s r...
30 Mar 1h 19min
Why Scientific Publishing Is a $Billion Rip-Off | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Randy Schekman
Why do journal names still shape scientific careers, and who pays the price? Prof. Randy Schekman, a nobel prize laureate, discusses structural problems in #AcademicPublishing, including the pressure ...
16 Mar 20min
