From Our Neurons to Yours

Host Nicholas Weiler interviews Stanford physician-scientist Kati Andreasen about her research challenging the amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease.

Kathleen Poston says Parkinson's disease may be detectable years before tremor, stiffness, or slowness appear, because many patients report constipation, sleep problems, or loss of smell long before diagnosis.

From Our Neurons to Yours features Nicholas Weiler talking with Guosong Hong, a Stanford faculty scholar in material science and engineering, about making the brain see-through for neuroscience.

This episode explores why some individuals age faster than others, using a study on African turquoise killifish to predict lifespan from early behavior patterns.

This episode explores how pregnancy affects the mother's brain, a topic with little existing research.

From Our Neurons to Yours examines why the brain's default mode network becomes active during inward attention, including memory, planning, daydreaming, and self-reflection.

Nicholas Weiler interviews Stanford neuroscientist Judy Pham about how sketching coordinates perception, memory, planning, motor control, and social communication.

Host Nicholas Weiler introduces a conversation with neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about his book Behave and the implications of neuroscience for free will.

Host Nicholas Weiler introduces an episode about synesthesia with neuroscientist David Eagleman.

A re-release episode exploring brain plasticity, why learning ability declines with age, and potential interventions.