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Factual: Health & Wellbeing

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

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All in the Mind: 05/06/2012

05/06/2012

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, 05/06/2012

Claudia talks to Jacopo Annese from the San Diego brain observatory about brain donation.

Claudia Hammond talks to Jacopo Annese, head of the San Diego brain observatory who is recruiting donors of the future to create one of the biggest brain archives in the world.

Claudia Hammond talks to Jacopo Annese, director of the San Diego brain observatory about his mission to create what he calls 'a Hubble space telescope for the brain'. He is recruiting people who will be willing to donate their brains to his laboratory. By interviewing them regularly to record their detailed life histories and interests and by doing psychological tests he aims to provide a brain archive for neuroscientists in the future. But what sort of links can be established between brain anatomy and personality and what sort of people are willing to donate their brains to his lab? 

Producer: Pam Rutherford.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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