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We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it\u2019s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still.\nFrom smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential \u2013 and peril \u2013 of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function.\nAlso, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet.\nGuests\n\n\nBill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University\n\n\nMichael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California \u2013 Santa Barbara\u2019s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of\n\nHuman: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique\n\n\nIan Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon\n\n\nSteven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience\n\n\n\nEd Boyden - neuroscientist at MIT\u2019s Media Lab and Department of Biological Engineering\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices