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Britain's leading female neuroscientist gives a personal view of what it is about their brains that makes humans think, act and feel the way they do, in a new series. Professor Susan Greenfield, Director of the Royal Institution and Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University, explores the grand themes emerging from the latest brain research. 'Why do we think the way we do, what makes us who we are? Our hopes, our fears, our thoughts, our dreams are all somehow hidden away inside our heads.' Susan explains why she believes all aspects of human experience will eventually be explained in terms of the physical processes of the brain. 'I'm convinced there isn't a single aspect of our lives that doesn't reside in the sludgy mass of our brain cells.'


First Among Equals

What is it about brains that has put us in charge of the planet? Where have humans' unique linguistic abilities come from? Are there special structures in our brains which no other animals possess? Or is it possible that our sophisticated rich cultures are merely the result of having larger brains? Susan Greenfield explains why she believes we are truly just big-brained chimps. 

~49 minuten, Engels gesproken, geen ondertiteling.