Aniruddh Patel - Music and the brain

Ani Patel discusses what music can teach us about the brain, and what brain science, in turn, can reveal about music. Arni has a really impressive CV; he worked under E.O.Wilson at Harvard and after graduating went onto become the Esther J Bernham fellow at the Neurosciences institiue in San Diago. Watch it here.

Malcolm Gladwell - the mind knows not what the tongue wants.

You know what, this is awesome. Malcolm Gladwell uses Spaghetti sauce and focus groups as an inroad to talking about human behaviour.

All in the mind - Mindreading: Mental surveillance

Scientists are uncovering new ways to fish for your thoughts, and to decipher the brain's neural code behind your thinking. Download this audio befor it's taken offline

All in the mind - Mindreading: Neuroscience on the witness stand

Brain scans are becoming commonplace as evidence in US courts, in the bid to convict offenders or free them. But is the technology half-baked? Download this audio before it's taken offline.

Malcolm Gladwell - Elite Universities

The always entertaining Malcolm Gladwell talks about Harvard Univeristiy entrance standards and the general failing of intelligence testing and elite university attendance as a measure of future success. I really like Malcolm Gladwell. He's the venn diagram that connects Christopher Walken's face with Leo Sayer's hair. Ands he's very cool.

Akiyoshi Kitaoka

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Akiyoshi Kitaoka - New Illusion

The rings appear to rotate when observers approach or move away from the image keeping their eyes fixed on the center. Moreover, the inner two rings appear to be spirals. Akiyoshi is the Professor of Psychology at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.

Superfluid Animation - Kojiro Shoshido

Macolm Gladwell - Can we really believe what people tell us?

Sociologist and Psychologist Malcolm Gladwell asks the question, can we really believe what people tell us?

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