David and UK-based foreign correspondent Tony Five discuss their current travels to Toronto, Canada, and meeting the city's former mayor. Music psychologist ⁠Scott Bannister⁠ explains how ⁠musicians frequently experience frisson while performing⁠. Neuroscientist ⁠Carlos Coronel⁠ shares ⁠how creative activities are linked to slower brain aging⁠. Behavioral geneticist ⁠Dr. Laura Wesseldijk⁠ explains ⁠how your musical tastes affect your well-being⁠. Kinesiology and neuroscience professor ⁠Craig Chapman⁠ tells David how ⁠lack of touch impairs hand-eye co-ordination⁠, and how his research sets the groundwork for VR and prosthetics that feels real. Cognitive scientist ⁠⁠⁠Mark Miller⁠⁠⁠ shares the neuroscience of ⁠why social media makes us feel terrible about who we really are⁠. Lichenologist ⁠Diane Haughland⁠ gives details of ⁠the thirteen new species of fungi newly discovered in Alberta, Canada⁠.

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