The Brain

Dr Karl Iremonger talks to Wallace about his discovery of a new cell structure and communication system within the human brain and what it may mean for conditions such as Alzheimer's and Chronic Pain… Audio

Neurobiologist Professor Jonathan Stone from Sydney University says the billions of beats your heart makes over your lifetime damage your brain, and are a major cause of dementia. Audio

Professor at Harvard Medical School, Raymond D. Adams Master Clinician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and author of Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole. Audio

Michael Merzenich - Emeritus Professor from the University of California and pioneer in research on brain plasticity. He is currently visiting New Zealand to speak at a brain plasticity symposium at… Audio

Strokes and earthquakes don't sound like they have much in common. Audio

Christian Jarrett tackles some of the bunkum being spouted about neuroscience in his book 'Great Myths of the Brain'. Audio

Principal Investigator at the Centre for Neuroendocrinology in the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago and winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize for… Audio

'The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking.' by Michael Corballis. Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists beams in with the latest science news; this week how shift work affects your brain, and how gut bacteria could be helping us stay slim. Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith; two exciting bits of research that explain how we learn things, and how we can keep our brains youthful. Audio

Compounds made from a hallucinogenic party drug called Salvia divinorum could be the basis of new anti-addiction treatments Audio

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, the roots of cystic fibrosis, and the discovery of a 'sleep switch' that could help explain why we sleep less soundly when we get older. Audio

Researchers are using brain activity to control robots and the technology may one day help patients with stroke or spinal injury Audio

American marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the calming influence of wild water. Audio

Professor of Sociology at King's College, London, whose research concerns biological and genetic psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience. He is visiting New Zealand to talk at the Competing… Audio

Dr Lindsay Squeglia is a leading researcher on alcohol and marijuana and their effect on the adolescent brain (University of California San Diego). She is visiting New Zealand for a symposium on… Audio

Owen Jones is researching metaplasticity in the brain and Shane Ohline is studying the creation of new neurons in the hippocampus Audio

By understanding how the brain stores and updates information, researchers hope to one day help people with Alzheimer's disease Audio