Neuroscience

Getting old doesn't have to mean feeling old. Declines in memory, health and relevance are not inevitable says neuroscientist Daniel Levitin. 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

Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains the inner workings of the brain and which parts have the greatest impact on happiness. Burnett, who is also a comedian, wrote the best-selling book The Idiot Brain… 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

We know movies aren't real but we buy into them more than we realise, US neuroscientist Professor Jeff Zacks has concluded, after studying how we observe the world around us. Audio

BBC Future's Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of how her Dad's love of music helped to slow his onset of dementia and the research behind music's effects on the brain. Audio

Neuropsycholgist Paul Corballis talks about the way our brains perceive the world, how we recognise faces, and whether or not we can really multi-task. Audio

Dr Mariano Sigman is interested in how our brains, think, feel and decide. He talks to Kim Hill about his new book The Secret Life of the Mind. Audio

Brought up in a small rural town with no other connection to the fields of science or medicine Sir Richard Faull says it was growing up in a community minded family that ultimately led to him falling… Audio

Neuro-scientist Blake Porter, a PhD student at the University of Otago, talks to Nine to Noon about the science behind the Inside Out movie. Audio

Do you ever suspect your brain is sabotaging your life? Neuroscientist (and sometimes stand-up comedian) Dean Burnett talks to Kathryn Ryan about the funny ways our brains work. Audio

Contrary to what is assumed, its the brain not the body which decides when there has been enough physical exertion. Writer Amit Katwala has published a book on the neuroscience of sport and how the… Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks to Alex Korb, a neuroscientist at the University of California about his book The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at at… Audio

Dr Leonardo Belluscio is a brain scientist with a particular interest in smell. The loss of smell can be an early symptom of neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimers and it's hoped that better… Audio

Alex Huth is a neuroscientist working on technology that can literally read your mind. Audio

Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where some people perceive the world in a multi-sensory way. For some it involves hearing colours in music, or visualising letters and numbers in different… Audio

When it comes to losing weight, food is not the enemy, your brain is. Audio