Understanding and mapping the human brain

April 23, 2015
What do we really know about the human brain? And how are researchers working to learn more? We discuss interesting and promising ways that researchers are trying to learn more about how the brain works. 

In the studio: 
Anders Lansner,
 Professor of Computational Biology at Stockholm University and affiliated professor of Computer science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. 
Håkan Fischer
, Professor of Biological Psychology at the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University. 
Marie Öhman
, Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University.

Guest on Skype: 
Jill Bolte Taylor
, American neuroanatomist, author, and inspirational public speaker with more than 17 million views on TED Talk "My stroke of insight". Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched her brain functions; motion, speech and self-awareness, shut down one by one.

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