Language, memory and intuition depend on rapid communication between both hemispheres of the brain. The corpus callosum is the conduit for that communication. Tony Grobmeier was born without one. Lynn Paul, a neuroscientist, tries to understand how Tony faces the world with a brain disconnected from itself.
Economic Roundtable: Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute and Carol O'Cleireacain of the Brookings Institution discuss the affect of the Wall Street crisis on New York's economy.
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Lincoln Center's Emmy Award-winning television series Live From Lincoln Center continues its 32nd season with a live telecast from Avery Fisher Hall of the New York Philharmonic's 2007 all-Dvořák opening night concert. Maestro Lorin Maazel will lead the orchestra in the Carnival Overture and Symphony No. 7 in D Minor and Yo-Yo Ma will join them for the magnificent Cello Concerto.
How can what we learn about the brain teach us to teach robots? Can we build a machine that can make learn and make decisions? If we mirror the brain's neural hardware, can we create a machine with a soul?
