. >> what motivated you to ask questions about religion and neuroscience? >> because it's the biggest question out there. >> dr. jeffrey anderson, professor of radiology and bioengineering, teamed up with dr. julie korenberg, director of the center for integrated neuroscience and human behavior. the study combined brain scans and blood tests on 20 devout mormons, to track their neurological reactions to biologically explained spiritual sensations. >> we don't even know when a young boy goes off to join isis or a mormon in salt lake has some sense of connectedness with the divine in their view... we don't know if that's the same thing. what do people experience in their brains when they feel religious and spiritual experience? >> what we've been awaiting is the level of genetic analysis and the level of imaging analysis to be able to get to this critical intersection point. >> participants, like auriel first undergo a structural m-r-i, that gives a detailed picture of the brain at rest. next is a functional m-r-i that records auriel's brain activity while sh

we now know with the neuroscience the first five years of life we're not educating children but for being their brain. betrayed that has and the have-nots it is precisely because you are shaping that child capacity to learn that you have the neuroscience and think about what you should tell you if you value the people that shape the brains of a next-generation that requires understanding because you don't just convey knowledge but the capacity to learn and just to prove that it can happen and was played down on the tables now is at the top the very top profession there want to go into because it is highly selective and it takes a lot of training and high-powered people want to go into it. the evidence is there they are caring professionals. >> then they raise the salary. and in this effort as an activist and how did they respond and how you raise boys. [laughter] to evade different from the stereotypical men that we criticize they were happy to have me home and to know that i made some kind of breakfast that really is okay. as is said giver another week. [laughter] to have that revelation

incredibly, and realize the actress who portrays her is a an attractive woman and she has a ph.d in neuroscience, but to make her credible they have to make her look incredible david. she's very strange. she has no affect. because that's people's perception of a female scientist. well, what woman would really want to be her? bernadette is better but she has that awful squeaky voice and she marries howard. but amy in particular is just, and i think especially now the images of women that girls are raised with, are much more hyper sexualized, hyper romanticized than they were when i was growing up in the '60s or 70s. so for women today that gap between how they are led to imagination look and act, and how somebody like amy who still bestow type of a woman scientist, is even wider than it was in my day. it's even harder to think of yourself as being sort of feminine in a traditional way and feeding in come into the world of either high-tech or physics life or something like that. >> host: you think gloria steinem in your book. why? >> guest: because every woman should. i mean, there's no direct lin

. >> we think of the competitiveness and innovation with the neuroscience the first five years of life we're actually forming their brain. we know there is a difference between the haves and have-nots after five years precisely it is that that child capacity to learn. so when you think about what you should value to value those of the next generation and requires understanding rutted is important because you're not conveying knowledge but that is an entire economy but that was way down how did that do it? that the position as it went to go into when they come out of college now suddenly your people want to go into a with a top education and the evidence is there we just have 2.0 these are caring professionals. >> can they raise the salary >> now you have another role in this effort to chavis have restructured probably the most significant is the mother of two young man. how did they respond to your decision? end as a lesbian with no kids. [laughter] >> they were happy to have me home. i got up at 6:00 every morning and made them all made breakfast after four months of three of them sai

she is making contributions to my field, neuroscience. take a look. >> my name is petra, i'm 18. i'll go to stanford university. when i found i qualified for isef it was unbelievable. my promote was about birds, fimption. they -- finches, they learn how to sing like we learn to talk using foxp2. it's involved in speech development in humans and songbirds. scientists can study foxp2 in songbirds and learn about it for humans. this is my love in the life sciences building at u.c.l.a. >> reporter: petra is part of a team investigating foxp2. it's the on single gene that when mutated results in human speech and language disorder. dr nancy day was interested in reaching out to young women and helping to train them in science. >> we have excellent undergraduates at u.c.l.a. , but petra. >> she plays songs on her perch. >> she brought some of her background from working in robotics so we could have a cage that would serve a multitude of functions. that is her cage. to have petra's promote recognised above and beyond that was beyond my imaginatio

. >> ifill: for those stations still with us, we take a look at neuroscience and its influence on education to improve the way children learn in the classroom. special correspondent john tulenko of learning matters reports from philadelphia. >> when i say class, you... >> you stop what you're doing. look at the teacher. >> reporter: today is wacky wednesday in jasselle cirino's third grade classroom, which explains the blue wig. >> so i want you to teach your neighbor. >> reporter: the rest of what you're about to see is what her classroom looks like every day. >> i want giant gestures. >> reporter: she uses a set of techniques some call whole brain teaching. >> a lot of times in traditional teaching, you're just lecturing, and you're talking and talking. and what we like to say, whole brainers, we like to say that the more you talk, the more students you lose. and so we use different methods to engage multiple parts of the brain. and that way, you get 100% engagement. >> reporter: these days, scientists can look further into the brain than ever, pinpointing the neurons and circuits that co

buck was a deans list student with an interest in neuroscience and philosophy. your signs us in president brume berg issued a statement today saying buck was well liked and respected by her professors and her peers. counselors will be available on campus through the winter break. >>> a former upper darby police officer is on the other side of the law tonight. brad ross is accused of stealing pills and cash from the department's evidence room to fuel a drug habit. ross entered rehab and resigned from the force in march but officials say he'll be treated no differently than any other defendant. >> with 203 counts some of them felony counts the tampering were alleging are felony counts he could could do substantial crime. >> 33 think ross' crimes date back to 2012 but they only caught on earlier this year when items from the evidence room were misplaced. >>> 72 new police officers are ready to serve their communities in camden, atlantic and burlington counties. they held a badge pinning ceremony in blackwood today for the 66th basic police recruit class of the camd

by "techknow's" ex-cia operative, lindsay moran, and cara santa maria who can explain it from a neuroscience perspective. now, i've seen "molly" as a club drug but as a therapeutic drug? >> the military once used this as what they imagined could be a truth serum and now there's evidence that suggests that it could help ptsd sufferers. >> yeah and you know, scientists have long been intrigued by the sort of empathic benefits of mdma but now for the first time, there's an fda backed study so that they can see if these results are scientifically quantifiable. >> this serene treatment room nestled in the woods of south carolina... couldn't be further than the pulsing lights and booming music at this electronic music festival. at festivals and nightclubs the illegal drug "molly" or "ecstasy" is part of the culture. called "molly" or "x" on the street, mdma is really methylenedioxy-methamphetamine. it's a psychoactive drug first developed as a blood-clotting agent - later patented as a diet drug. when taken, mdma acts on the brain by causing the neurons to release more serotonin... this also cause

there is an argument out there that, i keep returning to neuroscience, very flexible interchange between organism and environment. it's so way that the humanist has been thinking about for a long time. that theme around image is more human and that there is the link between the biological sciences and the social sciences may come around. i would want to push that too far. we might want to think about what kinds of frames humanists have made and provided for scientific work and scientific interpretation? henry: do they care? we can say that and we say that them but does it impact and it can but it has to happen. if you walk into a bookstore now, one of the first things you are going to encounter is books about your mind and your brain and history, but much of it is not the kind of things they are doing in the academy. there is one level which is to bring those ideas out wider than the little world that many of us inhabit. but there is a question of engagement within that world but it does not happen as often as it might. when it does happen, it comes with this anxiety about the administra

what the book brings as extra information is that the psychology is driven by neuroscience and then ishappening in your body and mind. it adds an unemotional twist to it. it will not give you the solution on what you have to be long or short, but it is something which has been taken on board in the way na for instance investment management teams have been set up. >> which is why it's so crying happ what you eat. that could impact what you trade. quite literally. >> the only comment i will make, it smacks a bit like we want to control everything. okay, did i eat fish or meat last night? how will it influence how i digest information? a bit tongue in cheek. that's the big issue. and at the end of the day what you will see is that emotion will still get you up. >> my directors are very clever. how you digest information. how to digest the markets and information and include this. anyway, it's called "the hour between dog and wolf, risk taking, gutt feelings and the biology of boom and bust" written by john coates. let's get back to your other e-mails as well. keep you a bit anonymous. a v

religious neuroscience. crystal dilworth has this report. >> father, son and holy spirit. >> religious faith of the 7 billion people on the planet it's estimated that 84% are members of hundreds of religions. despite the different gods, philosophies and rituals, most religions share a promise for a physical sense of spiri spiritu. >> for many who have never felt the spirit, can you try to describe some of the components to it? >> it is a very much pleasant feeling, i have clarity and burning throughout my chest. >> gow do you believe in your heart of hearts that you can scientific investigate something like faith? >> i'd like to think so. >> ariel's feelings made her a perfect subject. that's where "techknow"'s crystal dilworth picked up this story. >> what motivated you? >> it's the biggest story out there. >> 20 devout mormons, biologic biologically tracking. giving a picture of the brain at rest. next is a functional mri, of airial as she is reading about faith. >> what regions of the brain seems to be mo

. >> rose: when did you develop the interest that you have in neurology, neurosciences. >> well, i think in a way it was very, very early. and both my parents trained in neurology, although they didn't practice it. and that is the bravest, the most incredible thing in the universe. and i think i probably knew from 12 or 14 that was it. >> rose: was there a moment, an event, was there a thing. was there a time that happened for you? an epiphany. >> there were a lot of epiphanies. no, it merged. >> rose: what areas of exploration. brain are the most fascinating to you? >> i think increasingly it has to do with consciousness. i have looked at sort of perception and movement for years but now i'm interested in language and consciousness. and what makes us a person. the basis of being charlie rose, because your brain is you in a way in which your heart isn't. you have a heart transplant or a brain transplant. >> i need one though. >> but go ahead. >> the way in which the brain embodies the self, in doing so, from the length of it, and i think this is the exciting thing. >> what i think is you

argument is that the criminal justice system is based on assumptions about human behavior and neurosciencet just aren't true. and that means the criminal justice system doesn't mete out justice. >> brown: so for how science intersects with criminal justice? >> i'll give you an example of it. we rely, in criminal trials, on eyewitness testimony. the evidence is very clear. eyewitness testimony is useless. we ask jurors to decide if someone is lying or not. human beings can't detect whether people are lying any more than a chance encounter. we have people in prison who have confessed to crimes, and it turns out false confessions are very easy to get. this is an alarming book, it's an important book, and i think it's great book for people interested in the justice system and for the lawyer in your life. >> brown: alright, jennifer what do you have for us today? >> my first book is "a little life," which actually got a lot of attention this year. it was a finalist for the national book award and the man booker. everyone that read it, told me it was amazing; and it's heartbreaking-- that was wh

there is an argument out there , i keep returning to neuroscience, very flexible interchange betweenanism and environment. in the way that the humanist seven thing about for a long time. the link between the biological sciences and the social sciences may come around. i would want to push that too far. humanists of claims have made and provided for scientific work and scientific interpretation? henry: do they care? we asked that a lot. it has to happen. if you walk into a bookstore now, one of the first things you are going to encounter is books about your mind and your brain but much of it is not the kind of things they are doing in the academy. we to bring those ideas out wider than the little world that many of us inhabit. happen, it comes with this anxiety about the administration shifting all the money. admitting undergraduates with 30% stem potential to 50% stem potential. rebecca: academics always are that the scientists don't care that much about the history. the second part of the question was really interesting. , tour hope that science what extent can we all participate? w

to their detriment and i met personally with an individual who is a postdoc doing cutting edge neuroscience research funded by the nih. he was going to file based on the priority date and he did not renew his visa and then the visa bulletin was amended and he is nowhere. it is crazy that someone who has been here for years who may get a nobel prize is just nowhere. so i don't know how many people like him but i'm wondering what the agency has thought about just who merely the harm done in that bulletin. i am concerned that the program really set up to avoid the rush of refugees across the border who have come through mexico fleeing violence. the alternative to process refugee applications has not really worked and i don't think that any child has been admitted yet. and i am concerned with whatever light you can put him i would appreciate knowing. i would also like an update on the technology efforts that the agency has been making. when the president was elected, we were almost entirely. [inaudible] we have made some progress, not as much as i hoped that we were. if you have a fedex package

for example, i met personally with an individual who is a post-doc doing cutting edge neuroscience research funded by the federal government. funded by the nih. he was going to file for his permanent residence based on the priority date. he did not renew his h 1b visa. then the visa bulletin was amended and he's nowhere. he's nowhere. it's crazy that someone who's been here for years who we're funding, who may get a nobel prize is just nowhere. so i don't know how many people like him were disadvantaged but i'm wondering what efforts the agency has thought about just to ameliorate the harm done by that mistake in the bulletin. i am concerned that the program really set up to avoid the rush of refugees across our border through -- who've come through mexico fleeing violence. the alternative to process refugee applications in country has not really worked. i don't think any child has been admitted yet and i'm concerned. whatever light you can put on that situation i would appreciate knowing. and i also would like an update on the technology efforts the agency has been making. when the preside

oliver sachs, a successful had then neuroscience same thing for lunch every day so it was one thing hehave to think about. david: you go around the country and talk to various groups. what organizations do you think do this the best? >> interestingly, the military. some of us tend to think of them as an organization that is very large and so large that it cannot change quickly and be nimble, but that is right the contrary. in the last 15 years, the military has made enormous changes in the way they do business. you can look at the training manual for incoming recruits. one of the things they have done that we are now seeing in corporate america as a powerful technique is to push authority downward. everyhey mean by that is level of the organization should be given an awareness of what the overarching goals are and be given the authority to make decisions, even if they contradict a direct order from a ceo or general based on situational awareness. you get better performance out of people, this way. david: we did this to her three weeks ago, and this has stuck with me, things like the e-

for example, i met personally with an individual who is a postdoc doing cutting-edge neuroscience research funded by the federal government. funded by the nih, he was going to file for his permanent residence based on the priority date. he did not renew his h-1b visa. the visa bulletin was amended. he is nowhere. it is crazy that someone who has been here for years, who we are funding, who may get a nobel prize is just nowhere. i don't know how many people like him were disadvantaged. i am wondering what efforts the agency has thought about just to ameliorate the harm done by that mistake in the bulletin. i am concerned that the program really set up to avoid the rush of refugees across our borders to -- who have come through mexico, fleeing violent. -- violence. the alternative to process applications in country has not worked. i do not think any child has been admitted yet. i'm concerned whatever light you can put on that situation i would appreciate. i also would like an update on the technology efforts that the agency has been making. when the president was elected we were almost entir

for example, i met personally with an individual who is a post-doc doing cutting edge neuroscience researchunded by the federal government funded by the nih. he was going to file for his permanent residence based on the priority date. he did not renew his h-1b visa. then the visa bulletin was amended and he's nowhere nowhere. it's crazy someone who has been here for years who we're funding, who may get a nobel prize, is just nowhere. i don't know how many people like him were disadvantaged but i'm wondering, what efforts the agency has thought about just to ameliorate the harm done by that mistake in the bulletin. i am concerned that the program really set up to avoid the rush of refugees across our border through -- who have come through mexico fleeing violence. the alternative to process refugee applications in country has not really worked. i don't think any child has been admitted yet, and i'm concerned whatever light you can put on that situation i would appreciate knowing. and i also would like an update on the technology efforts that the agency has been making. when the president was