02-29-16 The Superhuman Mind
Understand the lives and brains of geniuses, savants, virtuosos, and a wide variety of ordinary people who have acquired truly extraordinary talents, one way or another. Delving into the neurological underpinnings of these abilities, we reveal how we can acquire some of them ourselves—from perfect pitch and lightning fast math skills to supercharged creativity.
Berit Brogaard & Kristian Marlow:
BERIT BROGAARD, PhD, is the Director of the Brogaard Lab for Multisensory Research at the University of Miami. She is also a synesthete. Her work on perception, synesthesia, blindsight, consciousness, neuro-psychiatry, and emotions has been featured in media around the world.
KRISTIAN MARLOW, MA, is a graduate student studying philosophy and cognitive science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a fellow of the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine. His current research interests include philosophy of mind, perception, synesthesia, autism, and the effects of psychoactive drugs.
