Category Archives: savant

PBS excerpt from Nova – “How Smart Can We Get?” (Originally aired Oct. 24, 2012)

Joy Hirsch and David Pogue interview George Widener  in a documentary, “How Smart Can We Get?” The entire documentary can be watched here.

Series of museum, magazine and pop-sci pieces regarding fMRI that Joy Hirsch was quoted in or helped curate.

Newsweek Discover Journey to the Center of My Mind NYT Technology Review Wired Screenshot 2013-11-15 15.17.36

 

These articles and others can be found and read by clicking the links below.

American Museum of Natural History Brain Brochure

Wired Magazine Issue 14.01

Technology Review (Cover), Part 1 and Part 2

New York Times:_”Journey to the Center of My Mind

New York Times: “Signs of Awareness Seen in Brain-Injured Patients”

Newsweek – “Mapping the Brain”

Discover Magazine: “The Bilingual Brain”