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Metabolites: The key to treating Alzheimer’s?

Mon 24 Apr 2023

Delve into research on metabolite homeostasis and its potential implications on neurodegenerative diseases.

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Lost and found in the science of emotion

Mon 30 Jan 2023

Dean Burnett takes us on an incredible journey of discovery, stretching from the origins of life to the end of the universe.

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Podcast Man sleeping in waiting room

Brain

Podcast: The science of sleep - with Russell Foster, Debra Skene and Stafford Lightman

Russell Foster, Debra Skene and Stafford Lightman discuss the science of sleep.

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Podcast The brain

Brain

Podcast: The neuroscience of consciousness –With Professor Anil Seth

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth looks at the neuroscience of consciousness and how our biology

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Podcast Man smoking a cigarette

Brain

Podcast: The neuroscience of addiction - with Marc Lewis

Neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes the case that addiction isn't a disease at all, although it has been recently

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Podcast Male and female symbols on two eggs

Brain

Podcast: Neuroimaging, neurononsense and gender stereotypes - with Gina Rippon

This talk aims to offer ways of rooting out the neurotrash, stamping out the neurosexism and making way for neuronews.

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Podcast The Thinker statue

Brain

Podcast: The psychology of thinking - with Richard Nisbett

In a lightning tour of human reasoning, world-renowned psychologist Richard Nisbett shines a new light on the shadowy world of

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Podcast DNA helix

Brain

Podcast: Epigenetics and parental origin effects: with Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith explains what epigenetics is and how our environment interacts with our genome and if these

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Podcast hands together

Brain

Podcast: Autism: A personal journey – with Dame Stephanie Shirley

An estimated 700,000 people in Britain are affected by autism. In this Discourse, Dame Stephanie Shirley shares her hands-on

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Podcast Walnuts

Brain

Podcast: What our brains want - with Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan

This month, Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan, winners of the 2017 Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, discuss their

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