NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Alan Burdick about his book, Why Time Flies. It's an investigation of the sometimes contradictory ways we experience time.
Your brain constantly re-calibrates its timing.
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Breivik's Brain
What could explain Anders Breivik's shooting attack in Oslo, Norway? While this was being debated from the angles of politics, religion, and sociology, I wanted to ask this from the viewpoint of neurobiology.
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Possibilianism at PopTech
I spoke at PopTech on the limits of science, the problems of false dichotomies, and my new movement of possibilianism. See the video.
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Love Italo Calvino? Me too. Listen to a BBC Radio documentary.
I hosted a BBC radio documentary to explore the imagination of one of Italy's foremost writers, Italo Calvino.
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Time perception on the Discovery Channel
Watch an experiment in which we studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall.
In other news...
New Scientist interview on the V.E.S.T.
Your reality need not be constrained by your biology. Read the interview here.
BrainCheck: A Simple Way to Track Brain Health
Interested in seeing your brain health data? Eagleman's BrainCheck has quick tests you can take anywhere to assess brain function. Sign up for free.
Why Brain Science Matters
Why should the US invest in brain science? See David's opinion in the New York Times.
