The Neuromantics

Dec 06 2024 25 ep. 47 mins 1.2k
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Welcome to The Neuromantics – a monthly podcast for writers, psychologists, neuroscientists, poets, philosophers, comedians, musicians, and anyone interested in the exchange of ideas. The idea: a free-ranging conversation between Professor Sophie Scott (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/people/sophie-scott and @sophiescott) of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL and Will Eaves about the brain, the mind, language, gesture, and communication as a fundamental property of science, literature and the arts. The format: roughly 30 mins of chat with musical stings in the punning style of the podcast title by Michael Caines. Sophie shares a bit of research. Will brings along a poem, story, speech, or essay. There will be guests in the future. There will be events.

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The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 5

Dec 06 2024 53 mins  
It’s not unusual to have a “difficulty with names” as one gets older, but that difficulty typically worsens after the onset of a neurodegenerative disorder, such as dementia or stroke o

The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 4

Jun 24 2024 48 mins  
Reading is an advanced form of looking – and of looking at faces, in particular. That’s the fascinating story behind Evolution of Reading and Face Circuits during the First Three Years of

The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 3

Oct 16 2023 41 mins  
Some people hear voices in their heads but are not suffering from a psychiatric disorder. The voices are “non clinical”, and the people who experience them “non-clinical voice hearers�

The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 2

Oct 13 2022 39 mins  
Have you ever tried to finish a tricky but familiar task – unlocking something, let us say – and discovered that, even though the key won’t turn in the lock, and there are other keys to

The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 1

Jul 11 2022 40 mins  
South Sudan gained its independence from the north in 2011. A matter of months later, the retired human-rights researcher Elizabeth Hodgkin went to teach in a village in the mountains of East

The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 10

Jan 04 2022 49 mins  
If you’re funny and you know it, you’re probably not funny. Equally unfunny are the theories of humour (such as: comedy makes us feel superior; or: it’s about “violations” of expect

The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 9

Oct 26 2021 49 mins  
This month, on the Neuromantics, we’re looking at stories about hormones, brains and sexual behaviour that run counter to expectations. Testosterone has a masculinising effect on the body i

The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 8

Aug 09 2021 52 mins  
How does a profound emotional experience in one generation affect the next? Is it handed down? Both the scientific paper and the short story under scrutiny in this month’s Neuromantics cons

The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 7

Jun 14 2021 54 mins  
Something happens when we go to the theatre, visit an art gallery, or hear music in the company of others, and it’s good for us, whatever our background, whatever the socio-economic indicat

The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 6

Mar 25 2021 46 mins  
An all-purpose definition of “metaphor” might be, as the OED suggests, a name or descriptive term given to an object to which it is not properly applicable – something described in term