Retraining the Brain

Join David Ewing Duncan, bestselling author and chief correspondent of public radio's Biotech Nation in conversation with three leading UCSF researchers as they discuss the prospects for retraining the brain to perform better. Their explorations range from investigations of how the brain works, to the development of practical remedies for maladies driven by impaired brain function. Among the ailments they are working to help with new strategies are patients with schizophrenia, individuals who have lost arms and struggle with prosthetic limbs – and everyone whose recall is compromised by everyday distractions that challenge the memory.