From Our Neurons to Yours
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler
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This award-winning show from Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is a field manual for anyone who wants to understand their own brain and the new science reshaping how we learn, age, heal, and make sense of ourselves.
Each episode, host Nicholas Weiler sits down with leading scientists to unpack big ideas from the frontiers of the field—brain-computer interfaces and AI language models; new therapies for depression, dementia, and stroke; the mysteries of perception and memory; even the debate over free will. You’ll hear how basic research becomes clinical insight and how emerging tech might expand what it means to be human. If you’ve got a brain, take a listen.
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S9E2 Big Ideas in Neuroscience: A new neuroscience of pregnancy
We know shockingly little about what goes on in a mother’s brain during pregnancy.For example, we know only a handful of the hormones involved—out of hundreds scientists think may exist—and very…
S9E1 Why do our minds wander? What the brain's default mode tells us about our humanity | Vinod Menon
Here’s a question for you that may at first seem trivial, but is actually profound: Why do our minds drift? If you have ever dabbled in mindfulness or meditation, you know this mind wandering has an…
S8E10 Is Alzheimer's an energy crisis in the brain? Inflammation, metabolism and a new path in the search for cures | Kati Andreasson
For decades, Alzheimer's research has focused on clearing amyloid plaques from the brain. But new drugs that successfully remove plaques have proven clinically "underwhelming", leaving the field…
S8E9 "The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines" | Jay McClelland
The AI revolution of the past few years is built on brain-inspired neural network models originally developed to study our own minds. The question is, what should we make of the fact that our own…
S8E8 Could brain implants read our thoughts? | Erin Kunz
Imagine what it’s like to lose your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the connection between your brain and the muscles that form words is no longer functioning. For people with…
S8E7 NeuroForecasting: how brain activity can predict stock prices or viral videos | Brian Knutson
Neuroscientists have spent the past few decades tracing the network of brain systems—some deep and emotional, and others more analytical and deliberate— that work together as we make tough choices…
S8E6 "Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection" | Ben Rein
We are more isolated from one another than ever before — by our technology, by our political divides, and most of all, by our choices. This week on the show, we talk with neuroscientist Ben Rein…
S8E5 From doodles to Descartes: sketching and the human cognitive toolkit | Judith Fan
Before the written word — and possibly even before speech — humans have communicated through drawing. From crude scratches in the dirt or on cave walls to the arcane symbology of the laboratory…
S8E4 What is psychosis? Navigating an altered reality | Jacob Ballon & Shannon Pagdon
Imagine if you couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality. If you couldn't tell whether what you were seeing or hearing was really there in front of you. What if you discovered you couldn't…
S8E3 "I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine" | Daniel Levitin
Most of us can agree: music is awesome. Regardless of which songs speak to you, music probably plays an important role in your life. The question is, what makes music so powerful? Why does a…
S8E2 How we learn to read (and why some struggle): what neuroscience teaches us about a transformative human technology | Bruce McCandliss
In this episode, we explore the fascinating neuroscience behind how children learn to read with Bruce McCandliss, director of the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative.Key topics include:• How…
S8E1 Why voices light us up—but leave the autistic brain in the dark | Dan Abrams
Recognizing a familiar voice is one of the brain’s earliest social feats. But what are the brain circuits that let a newborn pick out mom in a crowded nursery? How do they change as kids turn toward…
Famous & Gravy: Cosmic Marketer and the Meaning of Life | Stephen Hawking
In this special crossover episode, we’re doing something a little different. From Our Neurons to Yours host Nicholas joins producer Michael Osborne to co-host his podcast Famous and Gravy for a…
S7E10 Can brain science save addiction policy? | Keith Humphreys
If addiction is a disease of the brain, what does that mean for how we treat people—and how we write policy? In this wide-ranging conversation, Stanford addiction expert and policy advisor Keith…
S7E9 How basic science transformed stroke care | Marion Buckwalter
A generation ago, a big clot in the brain meant paralysis or worse. Today, doctors can diagnose clots on AI-enabled brain scans; provide life-saving, targeted medications; or snake a catheter from a…
S7E8 Surgery as a window into brain resilience | Martin Angst
We've all heard stories about someone who went in for surgery and came out...different. A grandmother who struggled with names after hip replacement, or an uncle who seemed foggy for months following…
S7E7 Best of: How neural prosthetics could free minds trapped by brain injury | Jaimie Henderson
Imagine being trapped in your own body, unable to move or communicate effectively. This may seem like a nightmare, but it is a reality for many people living with brain or spinal cord injuries.We're…
S7E6 The secrets of resilient aging | Beth Mormino & Anthony Wagner
This week on the show, we're have our sights set on healthy aging. What would it mean to be able to live to 80, 90 or 100 with our cognitive abilities intact and able to maintain an independent…
S7E5 Building AI simulations of the human brain | Dan Yamins
This week on the show: Are we ready to create digital models of the human brain? Last month, Stanford researcher Andreas Tolias and colleagues created a "digital twin" of the mouse visual cortex. The…
S7E4 What ChatGPT understands: Large language models and the neuroscience of meaning | Laura Gwilliams
If you spend any time chatting with a modern AI chatbot, you've probably been amazed at just how human it sounds, how much it feels like you're talking to a real person. Much ink has been spilled…
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