Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons From Neuroscience

Debunking a fundamental myth about the human brain; discovering how evolution and experience shape brains; learning about the neurons responsible for self-awareness and motor coordination; understanding why the brain is a work in progress.

Exploring concepts such as the encephalization quotient that compares brain mass to body mass; learning about the g factor, a measure of cognitive ability; the lessons scientists are learning from studying the brain of Albert Einstein.

Major psychiatric illnesses are not just the result of chemical concentrations in the brain; focusing on an intriguing exploration of schizophrenia and depression, two disorders that have proven to be very complicated and nuanced.

The division of the brain into a creative side and an analytical side; exploring the interconnectedness of the two hemispheres of the brain; discovering what neuroimaging reveals about the way brains think and create; the importance of collaboration.

Studies that claim to find significant differences the brains of men and women; exploring gender differences in the brain; misinterpretation of differences; comparing the male and female amygdala and hippocampus; how genders express emotions.

Unpacking the accuracy of memories and how information is encoded, stored and retrieved in the brain; examining the impact of Alzheimer's disease and amnesia on the brain; exploring absentmindedness, memory blocking and misattribution.