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Neuroscientist Richard Restak thinks with the right mental exercises, our brains can be much better. Today he teams with writer Susan Orlean to talk about our brainy potential.
Experts discuss the pressures that may lead scientists to misrepresent data and hinder the self-correcting mechanisms of science.
Experts discuss the developing role of neuroscience in the legal system, the power and limitations of neuroscience as an to aid legal decision-making, and some of the implications.
In follow-up to our “Sloth: Is Your City Making You Fat?” event, Dr. Mariela Alfonzo discusses the application of statistical analysis to the study of urban design and public health.
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