Matter of the Mind

At the end of every interview for Matter of the Mind, we asked the same question: what fascinates you about the brain? In this bonus episode, we embedded some of these brain fascinations in music and sound to share them with you!

Music:
Lee Rosevere – Just Blue Sky
Daniel Birch – Looking Out To Sea
Lee Rosevere – Taking And Sending
Fließgewässer – Tropfsteinhöhle
Cape Willoughby Road – Flying Carpet
Chris Zabriskie – I’m About to Do the Second Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done
Mannateas – Everglade (Side A)
Lee Rosevere – Planet G
Daniel Birch – Set Adrift
Lee Rosevere – Twilight Dawn
Daniel Birch – Sleep
Kai Engel – Mercy

Our lives are packed with decisions. How do they come to be and how much control do we have over them ourselves? In the final episode of our series, we investigate what neuroscientists can add to this discussion - and how other disciplines respond.

Music:
Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Lee Rosevere - Vagus
Lee Rosevere - Soft Euphoria
Chris Zabriskie - I Should Have Been More Human
NAPZ - Apparat
Chris Zabriskie - Candlepower
Daniel Birch - Deep In Peace
Three Chain Links - Heavy Traffic
Lee Rosevere - Where Was I?
HexOcularyNewt - Cute Mecha
Lee Rosevere - Here’s Where Things Get Interesting
Lee Rosevere - A List of Ways to Die
Chad Crouch - Moonrise
Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden
Podington Bear - Three Colors
Lee Rosevere - Distant Shores
Lee Rosevere - Eileen

How do we see the world around us? In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of our visual system and find out that vision isn't as straightforward as it seems. Along the way, we see what happens when the process of perception goes wrong.

Music:
Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Antethic - Breath Craft (Kraizer Keto mix)
Lee Rosevere - Where Was I?
HexOcularyNewt - Where Crawling Robots Have Forgotten
Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun
Chris Zabriskie - Take Off and Shoot a Zero
Lee Rosevere - Flow
Cloudkicker - Tmesis (12/12/2005)
Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles
Chris Zabriskie - Heliograph
Lee Rosevere - Transitioning
Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running a Marathon with Thousands of Other Highly Qualified People Who Are All Trying to Defeat Me
Chris Zabriskie - CGI Snake
Guenter Schlienz - Bon Voyage
Lee Rosevere - All the Answers
Chris Zabriskie - What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X
Lee Rosevere - Taking the Time
Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary
Chris Zabriskie - A New Day in a New Sector
Chris Zabriskie - I Should Have Been More Sea Offs - Leave

Because of advances in the field of neuroimaging, more and more of our brain is brought to light. What could this lead to in the future? As we get lost in the workings of brain scanners, we encounter what could happen when you expose the invisible.

Music:
Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Podington Bear - Loll
Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch - M87
Chris Zabriskie - I Can't Imagine Where I'd Be Without It
HexOcularyNewt - Cute Mecha
Lee Rosevere - Where Was I?
Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden
Chris Zabriskie - Air Hockey Saloon
Chris Zabriskie - What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X
Chris Zabriskie - Heliograph
Lee Rosevere - Crimson Park
Lee Rosevere - We Don't Know How it Ends
Lee Rosevere - Curiosity
Chris Zabriskie - Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To
Lee Rosevere - Betrayal
Lee Rosevere - Inside
Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary
Lee Rosevere - They Wait
Chris Zabriskie - Divider
Lee Rosevere - Slow Lights
Lee Rosevere - First Walk
Blear Moon - Recalling

Few people get to a life where interaction with the outside world is close to impossible. But for those that do, the impact is enormous. In this episode, we talk to researchers that are trying to restore their ability to communicate.

Music:
Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Chris Zabriskie - Take Off and Shoot a Zero
Fog Lake - Fading Away
Chris Zabriskie - The House Glows (With Almost No Help)
Kai Engel - Headway
Lee Rosevere - Where Was I?
Lee Rosevere - It's A Mystery
Chris Zabriskie - Land On the Golden Gate
Lee Rosevere - All the Answers
Lee Rosevere - Sad Marimba Planet
Chris Zabriskie - Air Hockey Saloon
Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles
Antethic - Искусство Дыхания
Lee Rosevere - Transitioning
Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun
Chris Zabriskie - Another Version of You
Lee Rosevere - EMDR
Lee Rosevere - Taking the Time
Lunartica Library - Allswell Sundown

How does our brain change? Can it simply rewire itself? In a story past amputees and our critical period, we uncover the brain's seemingly endless possibilities – and, at last, its limits.


Music:
Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Chris Zabriskie - The House Glows (With Almost No Help)
bolus - comacentre
Chris Zabriskie - The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III
A Ninja Slob Drew Me - There We Walked
Chris Zabriskie - To Hide Their Secrets
Lee Rosevere - Daydreaming
Snakecharm - Welcome to my brain
Lee Rosevere - Where Was I?
Chris Zabriskie - Divider
Guenter Schlienz - Bon Voyage
Chris Zabriskie - Land On the Golden Gate
Snakecharm - Maze
Chris Zabriskie - Readers! Do You Read?
Chris Zabriskie - Candlepower
Chris Zabriskie - I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary
Chris Zabriskie - Another Version of You
Lunartica Library - Sentient Bean
Lee Rosevere - Tough Decisions
Cloudkicker - Empyrian to Behold
Chris Zabriskie - We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun
Lee Rosevere - You Will Never Truly Know How Much You Mean To Me
Lee Rosevere - They Wait
Chris Zabriskie - Oxygen Garden
Tovatronica - Stardust

Two guys fascinated by the brain, that’s how this podcast came to be. When we dove into the realm of neuroscience, we found many researchers trying to uncover the secrets hidden in this mysterious organ. In this 5-episode podcast series, we take you on a scientific journey, past neurons screaming for attention, threats to our mental realm, and ideas that could shift our opinions about ourselves.