What’s the Brain For? Best of TWT

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What’s the brain for? Why is the brain the way it is? What can we do with it that we haven’t thought about before?

Stephen Gordon and Michael Darling discuss all things brain:
The Adult brain cells stop growing myth

New findings about the brain lead to treatment for eating disturbances

Hack your brain

Virus Infection Battles Brain Cancer

Single brain cell’s power shown

Tiny Brain-Like Computer Created

Meditation Found To Increase Brain Size

Brain Scanner Can Tell What You’re Looking At

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Manipulating Dreams

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Phil Bowermaster is a nationally recognized author and speaker. He has more than 25 years experience writing about emerging technologies and the future. As co-host of the popular Internet radio series, The World Transformed, Phil has talked with leading scientists and technologists, best-selling authors, philosophers, filmmakers, artists, entrepreneurs and others who are shaping our understanding of the amazing era of transformation in which we live. Phil helps leaders and their organizations develop strategies for managing accelerating change. He shows how imagination, optimism, empathy, and humor can make all the difference in both understanding and making the most of the powerful currents of change we face.