Brain

'The Beautiful Brain' (Audible) is a series about the brain and how it gets affected by the sports we play. The show focusses on the degenerative brain condition called CTE (short for chronic… Audio

What makes people jump to their feet and on to the dance floor? Tomas Matthews from Concordia University's department of psychology researched just that. Video, Audio

Marjorie Woollacott's a professor of neuroscience at Oregon University as well as a keen meditator. She has also researched what may control us outside of our physical brains. Audio

Are male and female brains really that different, or is it just a sexist myth? Neuroscience professor Gina Rippon argues that our brains are shaped by the lives we live and what we're exposed to – not… Audio

He's 11 years old but Tai Poole's searching for answers to some of life's big questions. Like...what happens after we die?....and how can we fix climate change?! From the Canadian Broadcasting… Audio

What is going on in the brain when we are doing crosswords? David Astle is somewhat of a dictionary expert, he is also Melbourne-based writer and a full-on word nerd - somewhat of a walking… Audio

Mei Peng is investigating whether we each have a 'sensory fingerprint' that determines how we react to food. Audio

Melanie Bussey studies concussion in sport, and how the human body reacts to impacts that might cause damage to the brain. Audio

Psychologist Nigel Latta has a new TV series starting 26 August. Nigel Latta's The Curious Mind (TV1 8.30pm) looks at the mysterious way our minds work. "If there's one thing I could do it would be to… Audio

Blake Porter is investigating what happens in our brain when we decide to quit something that is good for us or persist with something that is bad us. Audio

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a New York Times bestselling author. He heads the Center for Science and Law, a national non-profit institute, is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Science… Audio

American researchers think they have detected the precise chemical biomarkers in saliva that change after a head injury, which could lead to more objective and accurate concussion tests and better… Audio

There's new evidence that schizophrenia could be related to our immune system – a discovery which could radically change the way the condition is treated. Audio