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THE MALLEABLE MIND
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Program 07-08-05-A |
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Daniel Pinchbeck may be the next Timothy Leary, the new
guru of psychedelic drugs. He's spent time with the shamans in West Africa
and the Amazon rain forest, and says psychedelic experiences have launched
him into new realms of consciousness. In this hour of To the Best of
Our Knowledge we'll hear the latest science on brain plasticity. Who
says you can't teach an old brain new tricks?
SEGMENT 1:
Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher at the University of Toronto, and author of "The Brain that Changes Itself." He tells Anne Strainchamps about so-called "wobblers" - people whose balance mechanism in the brain has been destroyed and how the brain can rewire itself to repair all kinds of damage.
SEGMENT 2:
Daniel Pinchbeck is the heir to Timothy Leary: he explores and advocates the use of psychedelic drugs. His new book is "2012: Return of the Quetzalcoatl" and recounts Pinchbeck's experience in Africa with the natural psychedelic Iboga. Also, Katherine Ellison, author of "The Mommy Brain" tells Jim Fleming about new research that shows that pregnancy and motherhood change women's brains for the better, making them smarter, calmer and more competent.
SEGMENT 3:
Marvin Minsky is one of the world's leading experts in artificial intelligence. He teaches at MIT. His latest book is "The Emotion Machine." Minsky tells Steve Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like human intelligence and that one day people may choose to back themselves up into computers.
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Books:
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Daniel Pinchbeck, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Penguin) |
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| Katherine Ellison, The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter (Basic Books) |  |
| Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Penguin) |  |
| Marvin Minsky, The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind (Simon & Schuster) |  |
Websites:
- Daniel Pinchbeck:
www.realitysandwich.com - Marvin Minsky:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ - Katherine Ellison
www.themommybrain.com
Music:
- -Doctor Who Theme/ Dr. Who/ "Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Colelction, Disc. 2 TV Themes"/ Rhino
- -Softly as in a Morning Sunrise/ John Coltrane/ "Live at the Village Vanguard/ The Master Takes"/ Impulse
- -Kashmir/Led Zeppelin/ Box Set/ Atlantic
- -Pathways/ California Guitar Trio/"Pathways"/DGM
- -Saturday Night on Saturn/"Brain in a Box:
The Science Fiction Colelction, Disc. 4: Incidental Lounge"/ Rhino
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Distribution dates: week of 08/31/2008 - hour 2 |
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