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Peer Into Alan Alda's Brain

A man in a suit and tieJoin UO neuroscientists as they bring the host of the PBS series, The Human Spark into their brain research lab.
 


Click here to view the "Brain Matters" segment of The Human Spark, which features not only Alan Alda, but also UO psychology professors Helen Neville and Scott Frey.

Helen Neville is also the lead scientist behind a new DVD that helps parents understand brain development. Called "Changing Brains," it is available at changingbrains.org

Watch her introduction to "Changing Brains" below and read the full Cascade story here.


Online Extras

Sing Along With A Mt. St. Helens Ballad

A guitarWhen the volcano erupted, a UO professor discovered that local residents consoled themselves through song.

What's Your Story?

An erupting mountainWhere were you on May 18, 1980? Got a Mt. St. Helens tale to tell?

Suspended Animation

Watch Mark Roth's talk on "hibernation on demand" at the recent TED Conference.

Peer Into Alan Alda's Brain

A man in a suit and tieJoin UO neuroscientists as they bring the host of the PBS series, The Human Spark into their brain research lab.
 

Autism and Animals

TempleGrandinCropped.jpgTemple Grandin, perhaps the world's best known person with autism, drew an overflow crowd to her UO talk.

Once In a Lifetime

RogerJacobCropped.jpgThat's how Roger Jacob describes his chance to study his tribal language, Sahaptin, with Yakama elder Virginia Beavert.

From Chechnya, With Love

Thumbnail image for ElenaRodina.jpgWatch a slideshow about Elena Rodina's journalistic globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to Cuba.