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Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What different brains are made of, and what does it matter?

Mar. 11, 2021—How did humans come to have the most cortical neurons of any species, without being special? Cooking is the answer: How did the human brain come to have the most cortical neurons of them all? Prof. Herculano-Houzel explains: Watch Prof. Herculano-Houzel explain how tiny bird brains can have as many neurons as primate brains: Prof....

René Marois: The neuroscience of legal decisions

Mar. 11, 2021—Watch Prof. Marois, chair of the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, talk to Alan Alda about a study on how judges make sentencing decisions – and see neuroscience research happening:

Steven Hollon: Depression

Mar. 11, 2021—Watch Prof. Hollon’s interview on his research in depression and how he became interested in pursuing it from the point of view of Psychology:

Mark Wallace: multisensory integration and autism

Mar. 11, 2021—Watch Prof. Wallace describe recent research on how high-functioning autistic children have an extended window of audio-visual integration – and how that can be confusing for them: