Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
Radio 4 Extra,Β·10 episodes
Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.
Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain
Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.
Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.
Dr Geoff Bunn examines the influence of the 18th-century preoccupation with electricity.
The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.
Dr Geoff Bunn discovers that Freud's original contribution was via the microscope.
Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.
The impact of the electroencephalograph (EEG), which made brain waves visible.
Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.
