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b"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"