dr. drew pinsky, author of "the mirror effect." and cara santa maria, neuroscience researcher, queens college. dr. daniel amon, author of "breaking the addictions that are stealing your life." and noted clinical psychiatrist, author too of "code to joy." first, cara, what is a neuroscience researcher? >> somebody who studies the rain, really, i mean in all aspects. neuroscience is actually a broad term. it can be neurobiology, it can be neuropsychology. >> larry: do you write or teach or both? >> i have in the past some teaching while i was on my way to my degree. >> larry: let's get to the overall topic, the brain. why does the brain not stop us from doing things we know are wrong. >> it would make sense if you had an evolutionary point of view that the brain was a perfect instrument that only increased our survivability or. and trying to decide why the brain isn't a perfect system in how to operate, what tease correlation between the mind and a brain. the best way i can communicate to it me. music has an existence of its own, it c

dr. drew pinsky, and how celebrity narcissism is seducing america. and neuroscience researcher, formerly taught at queens college. dr. daniel amund, scientist and brain imaging specialist. he's author of "unchain your brain, ten steps to breaking the addictions that steal your life." and dr. george pratt, noted clinical psychologist. a body/mind approach to calmer, happier, more successful you. first, what is a neuroscience researcher? >> somebody who studies the brain, really. in all aspects. neuroscience is kind of a broad term. it can be neuroby ol, neuropsychology. i have a mixed background in both. >> larry: do you write or teach or both? >> i have been in the past teaching. and doing research while i was working on my degrees. and education is really the path that i want to take. >> larry: let's get into the overall topic here of the brain. start with you, dr. pinsky. why does the brain not stop us from doing things we know are wrong? >> you know, it would make sense if you had, say, an evolutionary point of view that the brain was a perfect ins

dr. drew pinsky, he's the host of vh1's "celebrity rehab with dr. drew" and the author of "the mirror effect, how celebrity narcissism is seducing america." mark geragos, well-known defense attorney. howard bragman returns. celebrity crisis expert and founder of 15 minutes public relation. and i mike fleeman, the west coast editor of people.com. mike, what does people say? >> well, the latest is that charlie doesn't seem to be suffering any ramifications of this. he's going to go back to work this week. he's doing a cameo in a movie. he'll be back on the set of "two and a half men" next week. barely a hiccup. >> larry: do you know what happened? >> there are conflicting reports. his publicist says he had an allergic reaction to medication. a lot of people say that's not quite passing the smell test. police sources are saying that he was intoxicated, irrational and trashing this hotel room. interestingly, he was not charged with a crime. he was not arrested. he was hospitalized and released. >> larry: do we know who called the police? >> no, we don't.