KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint

Decoding Our 'Brain Bugs'

at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Matt Cardy/Getty)

Why do we fall for advertising even when we know it’s false? Or remember a new acquaintance’s profession more easily than his or her name? UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano’s new book “Brain Bugs” explains some of these mysteries.

He joins us to discuss how protein interactions and electrical activity in the brain determine how we think.

Guests:

Dean Buonomano, author, researcher at the UCLA Brain Research Institute and professor in the departments of neurobiology and psychology at UCLA

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Erik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in FilmKQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness CasePercival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck FinnHave We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political AdvertisingDeath Doula Alua Arthur on How and Why to Prepare for the EndHow to Create Your Own ‘Garden Wonderland’First Trump Criminal Trial Underway in New YorkThe Beauty in Finding ‘Other People’s Words’ in Your Own