Genius and the Brain

ByCarl Zimmer
March 04, 2015

The 92nd St. Y in New York is presenting “Seven Days of Genius” this week. As part of the festivities, the video site Big Think invited me to film a conversation with neuroscientist Heather Berlin about the nature of genius and the origin of creativity in the brain.

Here’s the video, which we taped at YouTube headquarters:

Part one:

Part two:

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