Please Explain: How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are

Midday on WNYC | Dec 21, 2017

This week's Please Explain takes a look at how our brains make us who we are and shape our understanding of the world. Keith Blanchard, CEO of Teamstream Productions, talks about his book, It's All in Your Head: Brain Storms, Gray Matter, and What Makes You You, in which he addresses perception, brain waves, and what makes us all tick!

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