BrainBlog

The February edition of Neuropod presented by Kerri Smith is up and is a great listen today. Listen to or download the edition and enjoy features about the connectome , thoughts on just how many neurons are present in the average human brain, and "The Good, the Bad, and the Monkey." Just where did that number of 100 billion come from? One number is sure: it is the 50th episode of this popular podcast. Congrats! Enjoy! Homepage and link to podcast

Scientific American has created a courtesy weekly podcast to highlight research about the brain and behavior. The podcast can be accessed at this webpage: Scientific American webpage . Not a bad way to spend a minute! Which, by the way, reminds me to mention that if you are in Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania still has several of its outdoors 60-second lectures remaining over the next few weeks, which are always fun to attend!