Your Brain's Reins [rebroadcast]

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 3:37 p.m.

b'You are your brain.\\xa0But what happens when your brain changes for the worse \\u2013 either by physical injury or experience?\\xa0Are you still responsible for your actions?\\nWe hear how the case of a New York man charged with murder was one of the first to introduce neuroscience as evidence in court.\\xa0Plus, how technology hooks us \\u2013 a young man so addicted to video games, he lacked social skills, or even a desire to eat.\\xa0Find out how technology designers conspire against his digital detox.\\nAlso, even if your brain is intact and your only task is choosing a sock color, are you really in control?\\xa0How your unconscious directs even mundane behavior \\u2026 and how you can outwit it.\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nKevin Davis\\xa0\\u2013 Author of\\xa0The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America\\u2019s Courtrooms\\n\\n\\n\\nHilarie Cash\\xa0\\u2013 Co-founder and chief clinical officer of reSTART, an internet addiction recovery program\\n\\n\\nAdam Alter\\xa0\\u2013 Assistant professor of marketing and psychology at New York University, Stern School of Business, and author of\\xa0Irresistible: the Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked\\n\\n\\n\\n Peter Vishton\\xa0\\u2013 Psychologist at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'