Big Brain Projects; Anti-depressants; learning disability and bereavement
Europe and the USA are both running large projects to map the brain, but will this approach pay off? Plus bereavement counselling for adults with learning disabilities.
In the US scientists are working out the details of President Obama's $100 million BRAIN initiative,
and the EU is funding the billion euro Human Brain project. What will these expensive projects tell us, and are we even asking the right questions? Mind Hacker Vaughan Bell analyses the debate.
Novelist Alex Peston talks about his essay on creativity and antidepressants, and Claudia Hammond asks Nooreen Akhtar of Aberdeen University about her analysis of how antidepressants are portrayed in the press.
Noelle Blackman of Respond discusses the benefits of bereavement counselling for adults with learning disabilities.
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Mapping the brain
Europe and the USA are both funding expensive brain projects - will this approach pay off?
Duration: 09:02
Antidepressants in the news - 1
Novelist Alex Peston talks about his essay on creativity and antidepressants.
Duration: 04:31
Antidepressants in the news - 2
Nooreen Akhtar's study of how antidepressants are reported in the press.
Duration: 09:05
Bereavement in adults with learning disabilities
Noelle Blackman of Respond explains how specialist bereavement counselling helps people.
Duration: 07:50
Broadcasts
- Tue 21 May 2013 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Wed 22 May 2013 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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