Episode 2
How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a battleship in the first Gulf War; how chess grand master Garry Kasparov was able to compete at the same level as a computer.
Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes up its mind.
How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a battleship during the first Gulf War. Plus, how the human brain's ability to learn from experience meant that chess grand master Garry Kasparov was able to compete at the same level as a computer program, despite having far less computational power.
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