Conversations with people who discuss their personal stories and how their work has helped to advance brain science, mental health, and other related fields.



Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny's Brain on Music
November, 2018

Charlie Rose
Communicating Brain Science
November, 2018

Steven E. Hyman, M.D.
Neuroethics Pioneer
November, 2017

Philip M. Boffey
Meet Our Neuroethics Columnist
December, 2018

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Building the Thermometer for Mental Health
December, 2018

Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.
Neuroimaging Advances for Depression
January, 2018
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.
The Illusion of the Perfect Brain Enhancer
October, 2017

David Van Essen, Ph.D.,-Matthew Glasser, Ph.D.
The Human Connectome Project
September, 2016

David G. Amaral, Ph.D.
Examining the Causes of Autism
March, 2017

Nita Farahany, Ph.D.
International Neuroethics Society President
October, 2019

Illina Singh, Ph.D.
Neuroscience for Global Mental Health
Fall issue, 2020

Michael Miller, M.D.
Emotional Rescue: The Heart-Brain Connection
June, 2019

Michael Lim, M.D.
Fire in the Smoke: Battling Brain Tumors
June, 2018

Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.
Covid & Addiction
November, 2021

Mark Shelhamer, Ph.D.
Spaceflight and the Brain
April, 2021






Catherine Woolley, Ph.D.
Sex Differences in the Brain
April, 2021
Peter Campochiaro, M.D.
Macular Degeneration: Eye of the Needle
April, 2021
Lisa Feldman Barrett Ph.D.
Interoception: Secret Ingredient
July, 2021
Vince Calhoun, Ph.D.
The Promise of Big Data
April, 2021

Neal Kassell, M.D.
The Man with the Plan
April, 2019

Shannon O'Dell, Ph.D.
Her Brain on Funny
March, 2019

Heather Berlin, Ph.D. - Chuck Nice
Your Brain on Improv
May, 2019

Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D.
Keeping Fit During Covid-19
October, 2019

Nina Kraus, Ph.D.
The Sound Explorer
September, 2020

Baba Brinkman
Neuroscience as Performance Art
April, 2018

Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Hearing and Cognition
Fall issue, 2020

Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
That Feeling In Your Bones
Summer issue, 2020

Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Emotional Intelligence Comes of Age
Summer issue, 2020

Gregory Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
Decoding the Canine Mind
Spring issue, 2020

Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D.
Jump-Starting Evolution
Spring issue, 2020

Roger E. Beaty, Ph.D.
The Creative Brain
Winter issue, 2020

Jerold Chun, M.D., Ph.D.
The Gene Conundrum in Alzheimer's
Winter issue, 2020

Keely A. Muscatell, Ph.D.
Brains, Bodies, & Social Hierarchies
November, 2019

Maheen Mausoof Adamson, Ph.D.
Rewiring the Brain: Zapping with Precision
October, 2019

Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.
Rethinking Youth Sports
September, 2019

Howard Hurtig, M.D.
The Many Faces of Parkinson's Disease
August, 2019

Susan Magsamen
Your Aesthetic Brain: A Growing Case for the Arts
July, 2019

Karen Moxon, Ph.D.
Mind Over Matter: Cognitive Neuroengineering
July, 2019

Anthony D. Wagner, Ph.D.
Multicosts of Multitasking
May, 2019

Lee L. Rubin Ph.D.
Spinal Muscular Astrophy: Huge Steps
April, 2019

Dorthe Bernsten, Ph.D.
Watering Memory Trees
February, 2019

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
Brain Training for Kids: Adding a Human Touch
January, 2019

Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D.
Why Do We Love Music
January, 2019

Mark Gold, M.D.
Naltrexone: A History and Future Directions
November, 2018

Albert La Spada, M.D., Ph.D.
A Novel Therapy for Huntington's Disease
September, 2018

Helen Benveniste, Ph.D.
The Brain's Waste Removal System
September, 2018

John H. Kaas, Ph.D.
The Skinny on Brains: Size Matters
May, 2018

Ronald S. Duman, Ph.D.
The Dazzling Promise of Ketamine
April, 2018

Stephen G. Waxman, M.D., Ph.D.
The Search for a Pain Gene
February, 2018

Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D.
Know Thyself: Well-Being and Subjective Experience
February, 2018

Beth Stevens, Ph.D., - Staci Bilbo, Ph.D.
Microglia: The Brain's First Responders
December, 2017

Richard Doty, Ph.D.
Olfaction: Smell of Change is in the Air
September, 2017

Nim Tottenham, Ph.D.
The Brain's Emotional Development
July, 2017

Chiara Cirelli, M.D., Ph.D.
The Sleeping Brain
June, 2017

Ted Dinan, M.D., Ph.D.
Gut Feelings on Parkinson's and Depression
May, 2017

Dharma Singh, Khalsa M.D.
The Sleeping Brain
April, 2017
E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., M.B.A.
Next Generation House Call
March, 2017

Irene Tracey, Ph.D.
Finding the Hurt in Pail
February, 2017

Philip G. Hayden, Ph.D.
The Evolving View of Astrocytes
October, 2016

Ellen K. Silbergeld, Ph.D.
Drinking Water and the Developing Brain
July, 2016
Harry M. Tracy, Ph.D.
The Neuro Funding Rollercoaster
June, 2016
Ray Dingledine Ph.D., - Bjoran Hassel , Ph.D.
A New Approach for Epilepsy
May, 2017
Podcasts
Daniel Roy
Magic of the Mind
November, 2017
Gina Martin
Alzheimer's Photo Contest
January, 2021
