Naked Neuroscience
Open your mind with Naked Neuroscience, the spine-tingling, interactive monthly exploration of the workings of the nervous system from the Naked Scientists.
The Wanderings of a Naked Brain
This month we'll be trotting the globe to open our minds! We soak up some naked brain wanderings, including visiting the banja, a Russian sauna, to be whipped by birch leaves. Plus, from the States, we'll meet the caring Robot trio, designed to help look after our increasingly elderly population,…
Blame the Brain?
Putting the brain on trial: did your brain make you do it? Neuroscience in the courtroom exposed. Plus the dark side of new neurotechnologies and do we have free will or are our actions pre-determined?
Robots in Society
Meet Brian, the robot programmed to help look after the elderly. Plus robots to replace soldiers in warfare, robots in the classroom and exploring the ethics of how science shapes society.
Peering into the Human Brain
Millions invested in brain research across the globe. It's the decade of the brain. But how will the results shape our future societies?
The Importance of Play
We examine the child brain: looking how the Victorians viewed babies, ask could early childhood stress, like changing schools, parents divorcing or having an anxious, overbearing mother, EVER be a good thing? Plus we examine the brains of young criminals and ask could brain anatomy and activity findings better inform…
Teenage Kicks on the Brain
Does smoking dope decrease your potential for pleasure? How the simple act of dieting can rewire brain and a blood test for depression. Reporting from the British Association of Psychopharmacology 2014 forum.
14.08.20
Memory boosting drugs, the military, the legal system and enhancing athletes mental focus and muscle tone. Where should neuroscience stop? How a revolution in technology is bringing an unprecedented flood of information about the brain and with this, concerns over use.
14.07.06
Would you kill a person to save five others? Does religion evade morality by omission? And can you tweak people's motivations? Reporting on Morality and Motivation in Milan, with breaking hot neuroscience research presented at the FENS 2014 conference.
Can chocolate make you happy?
Beat anxiety, form healthy habits and induce a happy state of mind. We open our minds by tackling your questions about the brain.
Addressing Autism
Could environmental pollutants play a role? Why is autism sometimes thought of as simply extreme male behaviours? And since genetics are involved, could you diagnose newly born babies and start treating? We get to grips with this often misunderstood condition.
Inside Alzheimers
How are memories formed and lost? Is Alzheimer's just an extreme version of normal ageing? And to what extent does genetics play a role? Can we protect ourselves from developing the disease? We get our head around the disease with Alzheimer's Research UK.
Genetic tests for psychiatry?
Why are some psychiatric illnesses, like anxiety and depression, on the increase? Could conditions, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, confer an evolutionary advantage? And is it ethical to screen babies for future brain disorders?
Naked in a Brain Bank
Reporting from New Zealand on how a bank of frozen human brains is acting as a reference library, how a Hindu resolves religious and scientific beliefs and scientists creating human brain circuits in a dish in order to piece together the jigsaw of Huntington's Disease.
Naked Neuroscience, Down Under
New Zealand adventures with sheep, finding the Huntington's gene, developing new therapies for the brain and unravelling its complexities.
Neuroscience Nuggets 2013!
Touring the brain by visiting a laughter clinic, the sauna and psychadelic goats, plus neuroscience nuggets from Prof Nutt!
Bombing the Brain
Chemical warfare, how serving in Afghanistan left it's mental scars plus brainwashing to tweak beli…
Can we make a fake brain?
A special edition Question and Answer show: how do prosthetic limbs work? Can you train your brain?…