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The Brain and Senses

April 16th, 2020

Guest Speakers

Rosemary Puckett

Neuroscientist

Community Scientist, BioBus

Dr. Ethan McCurdy

Biochemist

Program Coordinator, NYU Neuroscience Institute

Question Index

6:08 - What does your brain do to your body? 

7:50 - Why do we have brain cells? 

9:20 - What part of the brain sends signals to the rest of the body? Does the right side and left side of the brain ever cooperate with each other or do they work separately? 

15:04 - What is the process for an individual's brain to take in and hold information? 

17:17 - Can you be using no senses at any given time? 

19:59 - Is there anything we can do to make the brain function better or make it work harder? 23:40 - How do dreams work? How does the brain make them?  

25:36 - How do the senses work? 

29:20 - Are there other senses outside of the five that are commonly known? 

30:57 - How is the brain able to multitask so many functions all at once when it comes to our senses? 

35:56 - How does loss of smell or taste from coronavirus relate to the brain? 

38:24 - If we were to do a brain scan on someone that constantly has their senses stimulated or overstimulated, would that brain scan look different from someone who is meditating? What would those differences look like? 

42:32 - How does your brain tell your body what it smells? 

44:45 - How do we know which sensory information goes to what part of the brain? 

46:43 - Why is it that when one sense is dulled other senses get stronger? Do they get stronger? 

49:21 - What happens to the brain when you get a concussion? Are your senses affected? Do we have any new technology to help with brain injuries like concussions? 

51:30 - Why does taste decrease when we're congested?  

53:22 - *Rosemary's Taste Experiments*  

56:07 - How do you know that you don't see a different color but agree that the color is the same? 

58:08 - Do your senses improve your reflexes?

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