Episode 15-32 The Strange, New Science of the Self …




TechNation Radio Podcast show

Summary: On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with PBS Nova columnist ANIL ANANTHASWAMY about new book The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard’s syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders—revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self. And on BioTech Nation we talk to STEVE HURST, President & CEO, Savant HWP – Health, Wellness and Prevention on an emergent treatment for cocaine addiction, work in the tropical disease Leishmaniasis, and the unexpected link between addiction to dopamine in Parkinson’s patients.