A History of the Brain Available now

There are currently 10 available episodes

Einstein's Brain

10/10 Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.

First broadcast: 18 Nov 2011

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All or Nothing

9/10 The impact of the electroencephalograph (EEG), which made brain waves visible.

First broadcast: 17 Nov 2011

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

8/10 Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.

First broadcast: 16 Nov 2011

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Mind the Gap

7/10 Dr Geoff Bunn on the synapse and the part Freud almost played in the history of the brain.

First broadcast: 15 Nov 2011

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The Beast Within

6/10 The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.

First broadcast: 14 Nov 2011

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The Spark of Being

5/10 Dr Geoff Bunn considers the impact of electricity on our understanding of the brain.

First broadcast: 11 Nov 2011

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Spirits in the Material World

4/10 Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.

First broadcast: 10 Nov 2011

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The Origin of Common Sense

3/10 Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.

First broadcast: 09 Nov 2011

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The Blood of the Gladiators

2/10 Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain

First broadcast: 08 Nov 2011

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A Hole in the Head

1/10 Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.

First broadcast: 07 Nov 2011

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