This documentary, Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections: The Social Synapse, was recorded at the World Science Festival. Humans work together on enormous scales to build complex tools as large as cities and create social networks that span the globe. What is the key to our success? This program examines the development of the human brain – and the brains of other animals – asking how neurons orchestrate communal behaviour and guide group interactions, demonstrating how our social nature is key to our humanity.
With Louise Barrett, Agustín Fuentes, Kevin Laland, Kevin Ochsner, Dietrich Stout; moderated by John Donvan.
