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Brain Climate

Podcast: How climate change affects the brain - with Clayton Aldern and Sanjay Sisodiya

Clayton Aldern, Neuroscientist-turned-journalist and Professor of Neurology Sanjay Sisodiya discuss how climate change affects

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Podcast A person lying in a neuron network, sculpted in snow.

Biology and the human body Brain

Podcast: The neuroscience of memory - with Charan Ranganath

Dr Charan Ranganath, renowned neuroscientist and author, discusses how and why we remember.

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Podcast Color Brain MRI

Biology and the human body Brain Maths

Podcast: Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models – with Sophie Shang

Sophie Shang talks about how she is using computational psychiatry to better understand and help create treatments for anxiety

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Podcast Colorful brain picture.

Brain

Podcast: Can science explain emotions? – with Dean Burnett

Dean Burnett combines his personal story with expert analysis to uncover how emotions make us who we are.

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Talks and shows

The science of synaesthesia: Understanding our senses

Mon 03 Nov 2025

See sounds or taste words? Discover how synaesthesia reveals the surprising ways our senses and brain work together to shape

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Discourses

Discourse: The science of happiness

Wed 26 Jun 2024

Renowned psychologist Bruce Hood provides a neuroscience-grounded and transformative insight into rewiring our thinking and

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In-person
A man wears a virtual reality headset

Talks and shows

How games shape our reality

Sat 15 Jun 2024

Kelly Clancy explores games' impact on war, AI, and democracy, arguing our fascination with games unveils the essence of human

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In-person
CT scan of a cross section of the brain

Talks and shows

SOLD OUT - The balanced brain: The science of mental health

Mon 04 Mar 2024

Uncover the science of mental health with Camilla Nord, lead at the Mental Health Neuroscience programme at the University of

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In-person / Livestream
A model of a head is labeled with different functionalities of the brain

Discourses

SOLD OUT - Discourse: How the brain shapes reality

Fri 26 Jan 2024

This event is sold out in-person. Join philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark as he unveils a ground-breaking theory.

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Video Nicolas Humphrey gives a talk about consciousness at the Royal Institution.

Biology and the human body Brain

How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey

Find out how consciousness is generated in the human brain - and discover the evidence suggesting some animals are also sentient

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