Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2022-03-29

Books mentioned on [Cosmic Queries] Our Brains on Film: Neurocinematics with Heather Berlin

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What does your brain do when watching movies? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the field of neurocinematics and the difference between fiction and reality with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.

Chuck Nice discussed Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Flowers for Algernon

   David Rogers, Daniel Keyes · at 44:36

   Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a poignant science fiction novel about Charlie Gordon, a man with an intellectual disability who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to dramatically enhance his intelligence, mirroring the earlier cognitive boost of a laboratory mouse named Algernon.

   Discussed

   “i just read flowers for algernon and i went out and saw the movie charlie with cliff robertson”

   Chuck Nice [Cosmic Queries] Our Brains on Film: Neurocinematics with Heather Berl… 2022-03-29 Listen at 44:36

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