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A Neuroscientist Explains
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Weekend: episode two of a new podcast
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators....
Weekend: episode one of a new podcast
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators....
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known gu...
Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from a...
Innermost: another episode of our new series
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relat...
Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind ...
A Neuroscientist Explains: how we read words
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For our final episode of this series, Daniel Glaser (with a little misguided help from his producer Max) attempts to unpick what the brain does – an...
A Neuroscientist Explains: where perception ends and hallucination begins
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to perceiving the world around us, how much of it is due to ‘bottom-up’ sensory data and how much comes from the ‘top-down’ pred...
A Neuroscientist Explains: how whooping increases your enjoyment
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Glaser explores the complex relationship between mind and body when it comes to emotion
A Neuroscientist Explains: psychology's replication crisis
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Glaser apprehensively revisits an article of his that saw some fallout due to a study he cited. But that study was not the only one involved in...
A Neuroscientist Explains: the evolutionary origins of social behaviour
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What clues can our evolutionary past give us about human behaviour in the here and now? And, bearing in mind the likes of the recent #MeToo movement, ...
A Neuroscientist Explains: is the internet addictive?
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daniel Glaser is back. To kick off season two he asks whether there is a connection between reward and addiction. And can we really get addicted to...
A Neuroscientist Explains: season two trailer
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daniel Glaser and Producer Max are back for a second season of A Neuroscientist Explains – and this time they’re going it alone!
A neuroscientist explains: teaching morality to robots
26 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daniel Glaser delves into the murky world of Artificial Intelligence and asks whether true intelligence can exist without an understanding of moral...
A neuroscientist explains: magnetic resonance imaging
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daniel Glaser explores the history and science behind a well known method of brain imaging, including a trip for producer Max into an MRI scanner
A neuroscientist explains: listener's emails about empathy
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Responding to some of our listener’s emails, Dr Daniel Glaser ponders whether dogs have a Theory of Mind, the neuroscience behind bilingualism, and ...
A neuroscientist explains: how we perceive the truth
12 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daniel Glaser explores what the wiring of the brain can tell us about how we perceive the world
A neuroscientist explains: listener's emails about memory
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Responding to some of our listener’s emails, Dr Daniel Glaser explores the role of photographs for recall, and the vividness of musical memory
A neuroscientist explains: the need for ‘empathetic citizens’
05 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What is the neuroscience behind empathy? When do children develop it? And can it be taught?
A neuroscientist explains: how the brain stores memories
29 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do brains and computers differ when it comes to memory storage? And what clues can we get from the ageing brain?
A neuroscientist explains: how music affects the brain
22 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this new podcast, Dr Daniel Glaser asks what effect does music have on our brains? And how can it be harnessed for therapy?