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From Our Neurons to Yours
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…
Episodes
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Psychedelics, placebo, and anesthetic dreams | Boris Heifets (part 1)
Psychedelics are a hot topic in psychiatry today. They’re producing dramatic reversals for patients with severe depression, PTSD, and other mental health…
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Why our brains are bad at climate change | Nik Sawe
This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we're talking about the neuroscience of climate change with neuroeconomist Nik Sawe. If you follow the science or the…
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Famous & Gravy: Mind Traveler | Oliver Sacks
This week we’re doing something a little different. My good friend Michael Osborne, who produces this show also has his own podcast, called Famous & Gravy –…
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The clocks in your body | Tony Wyss-Coray
Today: the clocks in your body. We're talking again this week with Tony Wyss-Coray, the director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience here at Wu Tsai…
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Redefining Parkinson's Disease | Kathleen Poston
Today on the show, a new understanding of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders — right after…
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Space and Memory | Lisa Giocomo
This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we sit down with Stanford neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo to explore the intersection of memory and navigation. This…
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OCD & Ketamine | Carolyn Rodriguez
In this episode of "From Our Neurons to Yours," we're taking a deep dive into the neuroscience of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the recent discovery…
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Why we do what we do | Neir Eshel
Welcome to "From Our Neurons to Yours," from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. Each week, we bring you to the frontiers of brain…
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Brain-Machine Interfaces | 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…
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An electrical storm in the brain | Fiona Baumer
Imagine an electrical storm in your brain, a power surge that passes through delicately wired neural circuits, making thousands of cells all activate at once…
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Seeing sound, tasting color | David Eagleman
Imagine Thursday. Does Thursday have a color? What about the sound of rain — does that sound taste like chocolate? Or does the sound of a saxophone feel…
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Why sleep keeps us young | Luis de Lecea
Welcome back, neuron lovers! In this week's episode of From Our Neurons to Yours, we're talking about the neuroscience of sleep. Why is slumber so important…
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Where ant colonies keep their brains | Deborah Gordon
Welcome back to "From Our Neurons to Yours," a podcast from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. In this episode, we explore the…
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Why we get dizzy | Kristen Steenerson
Welcome back to "From Our Neurons to Yours," a podcast where we criss-cross scientific disciplines to take you to the frontiers of brain science. This week, we…
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How we understand each other | Laura Gwilliams
Welcome back to our second season of "From Our Neurons to Yours," a podcast where we criss-cross scientific disciplines to take you to the cutting edge of…
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Exercise and the brain | Jonathan Long
We all know exercise has all sorts of benefits beyond just making us stronger and fitter. It lowers and inflammation. It buffers stress and anxiety. It…
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Aging and Brain Plasticity | Carla Shatz
When we're kids, our brains are amazing at learning. We absorb information from the outside world with ease, and we can adapt to anything. But as we age, our…
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Brain stimulation & "psychiatry 3.0" | Nolan Williams
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a technology that uses magnetic fields to stimulate or suppress electrical activity in brain circuits. It's part of…
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Brain Fog | Michelle Monje
One of the strangest and most disconcerting things about the COVID 19 pandemic has been the story of long COVID. Many COVID long-haulers have continued…
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Assembling the brain | Sergiu Pasca
Nearly one in five Americans lives with a mental illness. Unfortunately there’s a limited set of options for treating psychiatric disorders. One reason for…
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Parenting Lessons from Frogs and Spiders | Lauren O'Connell
Today we’re going to talk about frogs — and spiders — as parents. What today’s show is really about is “pair bonding” — that’s the scientific term for the…
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Virtual Touch | Allison Okamura
Recently on the show, we had a conversation about the possibility of creating artificial vision with a bionic eye. Today we're going to talk about technology…
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Brain Rejuvenation | Tony Wyss-Coray
Hi listeners, we're shifting to a biweekly release schedule after this episode. See you in a couple weeks! --- Most of us probably know someone who developed…
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Building a bionic eye | EJ Chichilnisky
We take this for granted, but our eyes are amazing. They're incredible. We process the visual world so automatically and so instantaneously, we forget how much…
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Respect your Biological Clock | Erin Gibson
We've probably all heard of circadian rhythms, the idea that our bodies have biological clocks that keep track of the daily cycle, sunrise to sunset. Maybe…
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Is Addiction a Disease? | Keith Humphreys
What makes addiction a disease? I think we all know at this point that addiction is another major epidemic that is sweeping our country and the world, but…
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Your gut - the second brain? | Julia Kaltschmidt
You may have heard the idea that the gut is the second brain, but what does that really mean? Maybe it has to do with the fact that there are something like…
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The Octopus Brain | Ernie Hwaun & Matt McCoy
What can octopus and squid brains teach us about intelligence? One of the incredible things about octopus's is that not only do they have an advanced…
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The Mystery of Migraines | Gabriella Muwanga
If you've ever had a migraine, you know that the symptoms — splitting headache, nausea, sensitivity to light — mean you're going to want to spend some time in…
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Psychedelics and Empathy | Rob Malenka
Why are psychiatrists taking a fresh look at MDMA? Recently, there's been growing excitement in the scientific community about revisiting the potential medical…
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Announcing: From our Neurons to Yours, the new podcast from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. On this show, we criss-cross scientific…