Jonah Lehrer appears in the following:
Umami
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The fifth taste, umami, is now at the forefront of modern cuisine. Gourmet magazine’s Ruth Reichl and Jonah Lehrer, author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, tell us more about what umami is and why it has such a powerful effect on taste.
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Body of War
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Phil Donahue has directed a new documentary about Tomas Young, who was paralyzed after serving in Iraq for just 5 days. Also: the history of the harpsichord. Find out how home cooks can move beyond just “following the recipe.” And Ruth Reichl and Jonah Lehrer on why the fifth taste, ...
Proust Got There First
Monday, December 24, 2007
In his new book Proust Was a Neuroscientist (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) Jonah Lehrer writes about how novelists and other artists intuited knowledge about the brain that scientists are only now figuring out.
Proust Was a Neuroscientist is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Proust Was a Neuroscientist is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Proust Got There First
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
In his new book Proust Was a Neuroscientist (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) Jonah Lehrer writes about how novelists and other artists intuited knowledge about the brain that scientists are only now figuring out.
Proust Was a Neuroscientist is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Proust Was a Neuroscientist is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Musical Language
Monday, September 24, 2007
We explore the line between music and language, and turn to physics and biochemistry to ask how sound becomes feeling.
Memory and Forgetting
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Remembering is a tricky, unstable business. This hour: a look behind the curtain of how memories are made...and forgotten.
