Aug 19

Encore: The psychology of sports fans, with Daniel Wann, PhD

Are you a sports superfan? Or do you wonder what’s driving the superfans in your life? Daniel Wann, PhD, of Murray State University, talks about why being a fan is usually good for people’s mental health, how they choose the teams they root for, why some are fair-weather fans whi ... Show More

41m 35s

Aug 12

Encore: Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD

Most of us think we know what a psychopath looks like. The word brings to mind images of horror movies and criminals. But psychopathy is far more common than most people realize, and actually hard to recognize in other people. Abigail Marsh, PhD, of Georgetown University, discuss ... Show More

43m 57s

Aug 5

Encore: How living with secrets can harm you, with Michael Slepian, PhD

We all keep secrets—on average, people have about 13 secrets at any one time, five of which they have never told another person. Psychologist Michael Slepian, PhD, of Columbia Business School, talks about what types of secrets people keep, why keeping a secret bottled up inside c ... Show More

24m 40s

May 2024

Chip in the Brain? How Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Change Medicine

A day when people can interact directly with computers using their thoughts could be on the horizon. Several companies, including Elon Musk’s Neuralink, have begun preliminary human trials of brain-computer interfaces - devices that decode the electrical signals in their brain an ... Show More

18m 2s

Nov 2019

Can a machine read my mind?

For decades science fiction has been imagining the incredible ways that machines might interact directly with our minds, from enabling telepathic communication to controlling robotic suits, solely using the power of thought. Getting computers to interface directly with the human ... Show More

42m 58s

Nov 2012

Brain Machine Interfaces

Can reading the mind allow us to use thought control to move artificial limbs? Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, is one of the world's leading researchers into using the mind to control machines. One of his aims is to build a suit that a quadriplegic person can wear and control so ... Show More

28m 1s

May 2025

Your Brain On... Brain-Computer Interfaces

Restoring a person's ability to speak, enabling individuals with paralysis to regain movement, and detecting neurodegenerative diseases earlier than ever — these are just some of the breakthroughs brain-computer interfaces are making possible. In this e ... Show More

51m 37s

Aug 2023

Brain-computer interfaces

Advances in brain-computer interfaces have allowed patients with paralysis to communicate faster, more accurately and more expressively with direct brain to speech translation. Co-author of an exciting new paper in the field, bioengineer Alex Silva, tells Science in Action about ... Show More

29m 1s

Oct 2024

Mind Meets Machine in Brain-Computer Interfaces

Our Medical Technology expert analyzes the medical potential and market opportunity in technology that allows direct communication between the human brain and an external device. ----- Transcript ----- Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I ... Show More

4 m

May 2021

Robot revolution

A brain-computer interface allows a severely paralysed patient not only to move and use a robotic arm, but also to feel the sensations as the mechanical hand clasps objects . We hear from Jennifer Collinger at Pittsburgh University’s Rehab Neural Engineering Labs. And Nathan Cope ... Show More

36m 17s

Feb 2022

#87: The Future of the Brain - Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD

Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD is a Brazilian neuroscientist and physician famous for his pioneering work in the field of brain-machine interface (BMI) technology. Dr. Nicolelis's extensive research with brain-machine interfaces blurs the lines between real life and science fiction. I ... Show More

1h 3m

The future of brain-computer interfaces,...